Genus:
Rhynchosia
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About 200 species, found throughout the tropics
and subtropics, with 79 species native to southern Africa and a
further species that is cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Rhynchosia adenodes
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Rhynchosia albissima |
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Rhynchosia angulosa |
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Rhynchosia angustifolia |
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Rhynchosia argentea |
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Rhynchosia arida |
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Rhynchosia atropurpurea |
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Rhynchosia buchananii Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rhynchosia bullata |
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Rhynchosia calvescens |
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Rhynchosia candida |
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Rhynchosia capensis |
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Rhynchosia caribaea
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Rhynchosia castroi Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rhynchosia chimanimaniensis Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Rhynchosia chrysoscias |
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Rhynchosia ciliata |
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Rhynchosia clivorum
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Rhynchosia confusa |
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Rhynchosia cooperi |
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Rhynchosia crassifolia |
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Rhynchosia densiflora |
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Rhynchosia dieterlenae |
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Rhynchosia divaricata Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia emarginata |
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Rhynchosia ferulifolia |
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Rhynchosia fleckii |
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Rhynchosia galpinii |
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Rhynchosia genistoides
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia goetzei Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia harmsiana |
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Rhynchosia harveyi |
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Rhynchosia hirsuta |
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Rhynchosia hirta |
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Rhynchosia holosericea |
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Rhynchosia holstii Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rhynchosia insignis
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia komatiensis |
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Rhynchosia leucoscias |
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Rhynchosia luteola Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia micrantha
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia microscias |
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Rhynchosia minima |
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Rhynchosia malacophylla Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rhynchosia minima
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rhynchosia monophylla
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Rhynchosia namaensis |
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Rhynchosia nervosa |
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Rhynchosia nitens |
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Rhynchosia nyasica Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rhynchosia ovata |
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Rhynchosia pauciflora |
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Rhynchosia peglerae |
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Rhynchosia pentheri |
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Rhynchosia pinnata |
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Rhynchosia procurrens Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia pseudoteramnoides Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia pseudoviscosa Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia reptabunda |
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Rhynchosia resinosa
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Rhynchosia rogersii |
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Rhynchosia schlechteri |
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Rhynchosia sordida |
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Rhynchosia spectabilis |
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Rhynchosia stenodon |
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Rhynchosia stipitata |
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Rhynchosia sublobata |
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Rhynchosia swynnertonii Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia thorncroftii |
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Rhynchosia totta |
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Rhynchosia tricuspidata Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rhynchosia velutina Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia vendae |
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Rhynchosia venulosa |
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Rhynchosia villosa |
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Rhynchosia viscidula |
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Rhynchosia viscosa Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia wildii Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Rhynchosia woodii |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Informatin from Glen (2002).
Rhynchosia phaseoloides (Bejuco
caraota)
Native to the Caribean and South America. |
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Publications
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