RHANMI
Growth form
liana
Biological cycle
perennial
Habitat
Terrestrial
synonym | Dolicholus flavus Medik. |
synonym | Dolicholus minimus (L.) Medik. |
synonym | Dolicholus minimus (L.)Medik. |
synonym | Dolichos medicagineus Lam. |
synonym | Dolichos minimus L. |
synonym | Dolichos scarabaeoides Roxb. |
synonym | Glycine lamarckii Kunth |
synonym | Glycine littoralis DC. |
synonym | Glycine reflexa Nutt. |
synonym | Glycine rhombifolia Willd. |
synonym | Rhynchosia adenantha Miq. |
synonym | Rhynchosia aureo-guttata Andersson |
synonym | Rhynchosia candollei Decne. |
synonym | Rhynchosia ervoidea DC. |
synonym | Rhynchosia exigua Andersson |
synonym | Rhynchosia fridericiana sensu Zoll. & Moritzi |
synonym | Rhynchosia hockii De Wild. |
synonym | Rhynchosia ischnoclada Harms |
synonym | Rhynchosia medicaginea (Lam.) DC. |
synonym | Rhynchosia mexicana Hook. & Arn. |
synonym | Rhynchosia microphylla Wall. |
synonym | Rhynchosia minima var. diminifolia Walraven |
synonym | Rhynchosia minima var. lutea Eggers |
synonym | Rhynchosia minima var. pauciflora Kuntze |
synonym | Rhynchosia punctata DC. |
synonym | Rhynchosia rhombifolia (Willd.) DC. |
Creoles and pidgins; French-based |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
It is also possible to distinguish these three species by the hairiness of the fruit
Rhynchosia viscosa has a hairy pod with long, stiff, yellow hairs tuberculate at the base and often glandular and sticky.
Rhynchosia malacophylla has pods with short, white puberulous hairs.
Rhynchosia minima has pods with long, white, tubercular hairs, non-viscous.
terminal leaflet larger than the length | large leaf (in order of 15 cm) | R. malacophylla |
terminal leaflet is as long as wide | R. viscosa | |
small leaf (in order of 7 cm) | R. minima |
Bipinnate leaves | 1 to 2 pairs of pinnae | Mimosa pudica | |||||
3 to 9 pairs of pinnae | Mimosa diplotricha | ||||||
Pinnate leaves | Clitoria heterophylla | ||||||
Trifoliate leaves | symmetrical lateral leaflets | elliptical or lateral leaflets | terminal leaflets equal to lateral leaflets | Teramnus labialis | |||
Terminal leaflets larger than lateral leaflets | very marked ribs | Cajanus scarabaeoides | |||||
ribs lightly marked | leaflets > 10 mm | Desmodium adscendens | |||||
leaflets < 10 mm | Desmodium triflorum | ||||||
Ends of leaflets wedged | Narrow lanceolate leaflets (2 cm) | Macroptilium lathyroides | |||||
large acuminate leaflets | Trigonal stem, scabrous at the angles | Desmodium intortum | |||||
Cylindrical stem | Leaflets with a silver tinge | petiolules of 2 mm | Desmodium incanum | ||||
petiolules 5 to 15 mm | Desmodium uncinatum | ||||||
Green uniform leaflets | wide terminal leaflet (7 cm) | Centrosema pubescens | |||||
very wide terminal leaflet(15 cm) | Centrosema plumieri | ||||||
asymmetrical lateral leaflets | Terminal leaflet has a longer width than length | Rhynchosia malacophylla | |||||
terminal leaflet as wide as long | large leaves (15 cm) | Rhynchosia viscosa | |||||
small leaves (7 cm) | Rhynchosia minima | ||||||
elongated terminal leaflets | lateral leaflets with a single rounded lobe | ||||||
lateral leaflets without lobe | large stipules (6 mm) | Lablab purpureus | |||||
small stipules (2 mm) | Mucuna pruriens |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
West Indies: Rhynchosia minima is an indigenous species. It grows on abandoned land, dry crops, vertic soils and calcareous brown soils.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Origin
Rhynchosia minima is native to all tropical regions
Worldwide distribution
This species was introduced in New Caledonia.
Attributions | |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Local harmfulness
West Indies: Rhynchosia minima is present on sugarcane, vegetable and food crops. It is highly damaging to sugarcane crops.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Rhynchosia%2520minima
Attributions | |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Rhynchosia |
Species | Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. |