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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.[1] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
| Psophocarpus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
| Genus: | Psophocarpus Neck. ex DC. |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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There are currently 10 living species of Psophocarpus:[2][3]
- Subgenus Psophocarpus
Sect. 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 [Note 1]
- P. lancifolius Harms
- P. lukafuensis (De Wild.)R.Wilczek
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