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Brownea Life
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Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
About 30 species, native to the American tropics. Three
species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Brownea coccinea (Scarlet flame
bean)
Native from Ecuador to Venezuela. |
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Brownea grandiceps
(Rose-of-Venezuela)
Native from Venezuela to Peru. |
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Brownea macrophylla (Rouge puff)
Native from Panama to Peru. |
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