Macroptilium gibbosifolium (Ortega) A.Delgado

Variableleaf bushbean (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Macroptilium

Characteristics

A climbing plant that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30 cm long. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These leaflets can have lobes. The flowers are on stalks 20 cm long. There are several flowers. They are red. The fruit are narrow pods, 2-5 cm long. They are curved.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows between 1,400 and 2,200 m above sea level. It grows on dry plains.
More
Open grassland,; at elevations from 1,500-2,200 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Macroptilium gibbosifolium world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149062-2
WFO ID wfo-0000175053
COL ID 3X93L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Macroptilium gibbosifolium Macroptilium heterophyllum Phaseolus parviflorus Phaseolus micranthus Phaseolus seleri Phaseolus gibbosifolius Phaseolus subtrilobus Phaseolus heterophyllus var. rotundifolius Macroptilium heterophyllum var. rotundifolium Macroptilium heterophyllum var. rotundifolium Phaseolus heterophyllus Phaseolus macropus Phaseolus bilobatus Phaseolus rotundifolius Phaseolus macropoides