Fabaceae
Rhynchosia
Rhynchosia viscosa

Rhynchosia viscosa subsp. violacea (Hiern) Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 25: 86 (1971)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is W. Tropical Africa to SW. Ethiopia and Angola, India. It is a scrambling perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket, Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; bushland and thicket., Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest., Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb with straggling shoots, viscid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow with purple-brown or yellow markings
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods viscid.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0