Pachyrhizus ferrugineus (Piper) M.Sørensen

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Pachyrhizus

Characteristics

A herb or shrub. It is a climbing plant that keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Pachyrhizus ferrugineus world distribution map, present in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Singapore, and Trinidad and Tobago

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945254-1
WFO ID wfo-0000182259
COL ID 75HPT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pachyrhizus ferrugineus Calopogonium ferrugineum Pachyrhizus vernalis Pachyrhizus ferrugineous Pachyrhizus vernalis var. typicus Pachyrhizus vernalis var. angustilobatus Pachyrhizus angulatus var. integrifolius Pachyrhizus vernalis var. integrifolius Pachyrhizus vernalis var. linearifoliolus Pachyrhizus vernalis var. vernalis