Checklist: Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae

FABACEAE SUBFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Mozambique.

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Erythrina crista-galli

LEGUMINOSAE SUBFAM. PAPILIONOIDEAE  
PAPILIONACEAE  
Literature:   
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007) Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3)   
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa  
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)   
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)   
Schrire, B.D. (2012) Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) 1-245  
Verdcourt, B. (2000) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6)   
 
Names
 
ATELEIA (DC.) Benth.
Ateleia herbert-smithii Pittier
 
RETAMA Raf.
Retama monosperma (L.) Boiss.
 
3669.000 CROTALARIA L.
Crotalaria micans Link
Crotalaria spectabilis Roth
 
3687.000 TRIGONELLA L.
Trigonella foenum-graecum L.
 
3688.000 MEDICAGO L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
var. polymorpha
Medicago sativa L.
 
3689.000 MELILOTUS Mill.
Melilotus albus Medik.
 
3690.000 TRIFOLIUM L.
 
3700.000 CYAMOPSIS DC.
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.
Psoralea tetragonoloba L.
 
3720.000 MILLETTIA Wight & Arn.
Millettia grandis (E. Mey.) Skeels
Millettia caffra Meisn.
Virgilia grandis E. Mey.
Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi
Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
Millettia stuhlmannii Taub.
Lonchocarpus mossambicensis Sim
 
3734.000 GLIRICIDIA Kunth
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.
 
3821.000 DALBERGIA L.f.
Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.
 
3828.000 PTEROCARPUS Jacq.
Pterocarpus indicus Willd.
 
3834.000 LONCHOCARPUS Kunth
Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poir.) Kunth
 
3853.000 LENS Mill.
Lens culinaris Medik.
subsp. culinaris
 
3854.000 LATHYRUS L.
 
3855.000 PISUM L.
Pisum sativum L.
var. sativum
 
3857.000 CLITORIA L.
Clitoria ternatea L.
Clitorea tanganicensis Micheli
 
3858.000 CENTROSEMA (DC.) Benth.
Centrosema pubescens Benth.
 
3870.000 ERYTHRINA L.
Erythrina crista-galli L.
Erythrina lysistemon Hutch.
Erythrina caffra auct.
 
3877.000 MUCUNA Adans.
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
var. utilis (Wight) Burck
Mucuna taborensis Schweinf. ex Piper nom. inval.
Mucuna utilis Wight
 
3891.000 CANAVALIA DC.
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.
 
3892.000 CAJANUS DC.
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
 
3905.000 VIGNA Savi
Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.
var. subterranea
Voandzeia subterranea L.
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
subsp. unguiculata var. unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
Dolichos catjang Burm. f.
Dolichos sinensis L.
Dolichos unguiculatus L.
Phaseolus cylindricus L.
Vigna catjang (Burm. f.) Walp
Vigna sinensis (L.) Hassk.
Vigna unguiculata (l.) Walp. subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants checklist: Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=165, retrieved 15 June 2025

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