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Legumes: pea and bean family

Calopo

Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.

Names

EnglishCalopo
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese毛蔓豆
Scientific nameCalopogonium mucunoides Desv.

About this species

Calopogonium mucunoides, called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a green manure to the tropics of Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australia. In some locales it has become a serious invasive species.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusCalopogonium

In Suriname

38Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1827First record
2019Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo6
  • Sipaliwini4
  • Wanica2
  • Para2
  • Marowijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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