Centrosema plumieri (Turpin ex Pers.) Benth. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Centrosema plumieri (Turpin ex Pers.) Benth.

Centrosema plumieri (Turpin ex Pers.) Benth.

Centrosema plumieri is native to parts of the Americas including Mexico, Central America, and Brazil, introduced in Tropical Africa, with a selected voucher from Piedade in 2007 (Araújo et al. 520, UFP).

Family
Genus
Centrosema
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Centrosema plumieri (Turpin ex Pers.) Benth.

Centrosema plumieri (Turpin ex Pers.) Benth. is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Guyanas, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil (from Roraima to São Paulo). It has been introduced in Tropical Africa (Aymard et al. 1999). A selected voucher specimen is from Piedade, collected on 19 December 2007, by Araújo et al. (specimen number 520, stored at UFP).

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Centrosema

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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