Calopogonium mucunoides explained

Calopogonium mucunoides, called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a green manure to the tropics of Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] In some locales it has become a serious invasive species.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. . . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 23 April 2021 .
  2. Web site: Calopogonium mucunoides - Desv. . . 2021 . pfaf.org . Plants For A Future . 23 April 2021 .