Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb. (Syn: Phaseolus affinis Piper; Phaseolus atropurpureus DC.; Phaseolus atropurpureus Torr.; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. canescens (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hassl.; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. ecuadoriensis Hassl.; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. pseuderythroloma Hassl.; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. sericeus A. Gray; Phaseolus atropurpureus var. vestitus (Hook.) Hassl.; Phaseolus canescens M.Martens & Galeotti; Phaseolus dysophyllus Benth.; Phaseolus schiedeanus Schltdl.; Phaseolus semierectus var. atropurpureus (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Gomez; Phaseolus vestitus Hook.); Perennial prostrate to climbing herb; leaves pinnately trifoliate with ovate to rhombic leaflets up to 7 cm long, sometimes lobed; stipules ovate, 4-5 mm,; flowers blackish purple in raceme, often paired, on long pedncle; calyx campanulate; standard with long claw, , wings very large; pod linear up to 10 cm long.
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week : Climber/Climbing shrubs : Climber for ID 17/11/2011 SMP3: A climber with trifoliate leaves with peculiar coloured flowers. Growing wild in an open area near Railway lines Pune. This looks like a species of Mucuna. Photographs 1 & 2 [which are upside down] show fruit developing. Will send some of my photographs of Mucuna pruriens later. This could be Phaseolus atropurpureus. Yes, Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb. Thanks ... & ... I stand corrected. Thanks ... and ... for the ID Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb. Syn. Phaseolus atropurpureus. Initially when I checked some description I read that it has lobed leaflets and my plant doesn't but on careful observation the plant shown by me also has lobed leaflet. Macroptilium atropurpureum, commonly known as Purple Bush-Bean or Siratro, is a climber in the pea family native from Texas south to Peru and Brazil, and to the Caribbean, but widely naturalized in the tropics and subtropics. Fabaceae plant for ID 10082012CS: This legume is commonly seen around our rice field Habit: Wild creeper Place: Hyderabad Possible ID: Phaseolus ? your plant material is my be Macroptilium lathyroides var. semierectum (L.) Urbn. Thank you for the possible Id. When I checked the images, flowers do look alike but the habit of this plant is not similar. The plant i posted is a creeper which twines around other erect plants It may then be Macroptilium atropurpureum... Yes ... Thanks a lot for the ID. I have been wanting an ID for these for long but never posted it. It matches perfectly with the images I browsed.
Attachments (3) Macroptilium atropurpureum (Mociño & Sessé ex DC) Urban, Symb. Antill. 9: 457. 1928. Perennial prostrate to climbing herb; leaves pinnately trifoliate with ovate to rhombic leaflets up to 7 cm long, sometimes lobed; stipules ovate, 4-5 mm,; flowers blackish purple in raceme, often paired, on long pedncle; calyx campanulate; standard with long claw, , wings very large; pod linear up to 10 cm long. Photographed from Bangalore Fabaceae for identification :: Dec MK03 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (7) Please help me identifying this Fabaceae climber; could this be any Mucuna sp.? Habitat: agri. fences Location: Dharwad District, Karnataka Alt.: 650 m asl Date: 15 Nov 2017 Not Mucuna, ... Pl. check It is Macroptilium atropurpureum a fodder plant Check The genus Pueraria or Vigna grahamiana Macroptilium atropurpureum This plant matches with that of our species in the eflora site. Thank you ... for the ID confirmation. References: |
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