Compilation
Rhynchosia albiflora

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Identification

Rhynchosia albiflora (Sims) Alston [family FABACEAE ]

Entry for Rhynchosia albiflora (Sims) Alston [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

Herbarium

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Collection

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Resource Type

Reference Sources

Entry From

Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,

Names

Rhynchosia albiflora (Sims) Alston [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Fl. Ceyl. 6, Suppl. 85 (1931), not of Berhaut (1954)

Cylista albiflora Sims [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in BotMagt1859 (1816)

Rhynchosia cyanosperma Benth. ex Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in F.T.A2: 218 (1871), F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 401, partly Bakfl.c2: 469.

Information

A robust twiner with pale yellow, purple streaked petals, and soft tomentose leaves.

Range

Widespread in tropical E. Africa, Mascarene Islands India and Ceylon.

Distribution

N. Nig. Naraguta (Nov.) Lely 689!