Psophocarpus Explained

Psophocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of climbing herbs or subshrubs native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and forest margins, moist wooded grassland and grassland, thicket, swamp, and secondary vegetation. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

Species

There are currently 10 living species of Psophocarpus:^{[1] [2]}

Subgenus PsophocarpusSect. Psocarpus

• P. grandiflorus R.Wilczek – umuharakuku
• P. obovalis Tisser.
• P. palustris Desv.
• P. scandens (Endl.)Verdc. – anonantaka
• P. tetragonolobus (L.) DC. – asparagus bean, princess bean, four-angled bean, winged bean

Sect. Unifoliate

• P. lecomtei Tisser.
• P. monophyllus Harms

Subgenus Vignopsis

• P. indicus Wild. – goa bean, winged bean
• P. lancifolius Harms
• P. lukafuensis (De Wild.)R.Wilczek

Notes and References

1. Web site: CoL 2019 Checklist: Taxonomic Tree #Psophocarpus . 20 January 2020 . 2019.
2. Cladistic analysis of Psophocarpus Neck. ex DC. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) based on morphological characters . 2011 . 10.1016/j.sajb.2012.07.010 . Fatihah . H.N. Nur . Maxted . N. . Rico Arce . L. . South African Journal of Botany . 83 . 78–88 . free .