Macroptilium atropurpureum

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Macroptilium atropurpureum
(DC.) Urb.

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Order Fabales
Family Leguminosae - Papilionoideae
Genus Macroptilium

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Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

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Description

flowers

Popular names

  • English: purple bean, siratro
  • French: siratro

Classification

Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb. (1928)

  • basionym: Phaseolus atropurpureus DC. (1825)

Cultivars

History

Uses

  • forage
  • soil improver

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