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Centrosema pubescens Benth.
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Perennial twining herb, sometimes forming mats. Leaves 3-foliolate. Leaflets up to 6.5 cm long, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, more or less velvety on both surfaces; petiole 1-5.5 cm long. Inflorescences several-flowered, axillary; peduncle 2.5-5.5 cm long. Standard up to 4 × 3.5 cm, mauve-purple with a white or yellowish central band, often flanked by darker purple lines, pubescent outside, with a short spur outside just above the claw. Pod linear, 5-17 cm long with 2 raised ribs along the edges of the valves, velvety when young, becoming hairless.
pubescens: velvety, pubescent, with soft short hairs
"Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Cultivated, Native of Tropical America"
Native in tropical America; widely cultivated in the Old World and sometimes naturalised
Distribución: De áreas disturbadas, tales como en cultivos abandonados, pastizales o a lo largo de carreteras, de elevaciones medias y bajas. Especie nativa de América tropical, introducida en Asia y África.
Bosques Públicos: Maricao, Río Abajo, Susúa y Vega.
Distribution: In disturbed areas, such as abandoned fields, pastures, or roadsides, at middle and lower elevations. Native to tropical America, introduced in Asia and Africa.
Public Forests: Maricao, Río Abajo, and Susúa.
"Karnataka: Coorg Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar"
Perennial, Herbs, Vines, twining, climbing, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Stipels present at base of leaflets, Leaflets 3, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracteoles present, Flowers zygomorphic, Flowers resupinate, banner in inverted or lateral position, Calyx 4-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals white, Petals ochroleucous, cream colored, Petals orange or yellow, Petals blue, lavander to purple, or violet, Petals bicolored or with red, purple or yellow streaks or spots, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Banner petal auriculate, Banner petal spurred, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Kee l abruptly curved, or spirally coiled, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruits winged, carinate, or samaroid, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit internally septate between the seeds, Fruit beaked, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black, Seeds with appendage - aril, caruncle, funiculus, or strophiole.
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Centrosema pubescens Benth.
SINÓNIMO: Bradburya pubescens (Benth.) Kuntze
Bejuco poco leñoso, voluble, que alcanza 8 m de largo. Tallos verdosos, cilíndricos, delgados, adpreso-pubescentes. Hojas alternas, trifolioladas; folíolos ovados, oblongos o elípticos, 3-8 × 1.6-4.5 cm, el ápice agudo u obtuso, la base redondeada u obtusa, los márgenes enteros, ambas caras glabras a pubescentes; haz con la nervación hundida; envés con la nervación prominente; peciolulos engrosados, pubescentes; pecíolos sulcados, sub-cuadrangulares, 2-5 cm de largo, puberulentos; estipelas subuladas, 2-2.5 mm de largo; estípulas ovadas, 2-4 mm de largo. Flores solitarias o de a pares en el extremo de pedúnculos axilares bracteados, 5-10 cm de largo; bractéolas oblongas poco más largas que el cáliz. Cáliz verde, asimétricamente campanulado, la porción tubular 5-7 mm de largo, con cinco lóbulos muy desiguales, los laterales deltados, ca. 1 mm de largo, los centrales subulados o lineares, 5-7 mm de largo; corola violeta pálido, lavanda o con menos frecuencia amarillenta o blancuzca con líneas púrpuras, el estandarte 2-4.5 cm de ancho, abaxialmente aterciopelado, las alas y la quilla más cortas que el estandarte. Legumbre linear, 10-20 × 0.4-0.6 cm, el ápice acuminado, con los márgenes acostillados, dehiscentes mediante valvas que se enroscan al secarse; semillas 8-15 por fruto, oblongo-cuadrangulares, marrón obscuro, opacas, 5-6 mm de largo.
Fenología: Florece predominantemente durante los meses de noviembre a diciembre pero puede encontrarse en flor desde septiembre hasta marzo.
Estatus: Nativa, muy común.
Especimenes Estudiados: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 256; 1054; 6985; 9452; Axelrod, F. 10817; Britton, N.L. 2823; 6735; 7317; Heller, A.A. 210; 6084; Sargent, F.H. 122; Sintenis, P. 3080; 5588; Wetmore 175.
Centrosema pubescens Benth., Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesh. 2: 119. 1837.
Synonym: Bradburya pubescens (Benth.) Kuntze
Slightly woody vine, twining, attainig 8 m in length. Stems slender, appressed-pubescent. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate; leaflets ovate, oblong, or elliptical, 3-8 × 1.6-4.5 cm, the apex acute or obtuse, the base rounded or obtuse, the margins entire; both surfaces glabrous to pubescent; upper surface with the venation sunken; lower surface with prominent venation; petiolules thickened, pubescent; petioles sulcate, almost quadrangular, 2-5 cm long, puberulent; stipels subulate, 2-2.5 mm long; stipules ovate, 2-4 mm long.
Flores solitary or in pairs at the end of bracteate, axillary peduncles, 5-10 cm long; bracts oblong, slightly longer than the calyx. Calyx asymmetrically campanulate, the tubular portion 5-7 mm long, with five very unequal lobes, the lateral ones deltate, ca. 1 mm long, the central ones subulate or linear, ca. 6 mm long; corolla pale violet, lavender, or less frequently yellowish or whitish with purple lines, the standard 2-4.5 cm wide, abaxially velvety, the wings and the keel shorter than the standard. Legume linear, 10-20 × 0.6 cm, the apex acuminate, with the margins ribbed, dehiscent by valves that twist on drying. Seeds 8-15 per fruit, oblong-quadrangular, dark brown, dull, 5-6 mm long.
Phenology: Flowering predominantly during the months from November to December, but may be found in flower from September to March.
Status: Native, very common.
Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 256; 1054; 6985; 9452; Axelrod, F. 10817; Britton, N.L. 2823; 6735; 7317; Heller, A.A. 210; 6084; Sargent, F.H. 122; Sintenis, P. 3080; 5588; Wetmore 175.