- Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus: Cyamopsis DC.
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.
- Genus: Cyamopsis DC.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Pakistan to W. India.
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Cultigen not known in the wild
- Habit
- Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
- Vernacular
- Clusterbean, Gowar, Guar, Guar Bean, Guar Gum, Koth-averay
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Habit
- Bushy annual
- Leaflets
- Leaflets 3, ovate-oblong, usually more than 1 cm wide, toothed
- Inflorescences
- Racemes dense
- Corolla
- Corolla white and pinkish, c. 8 mm long
- Fruits
- Pod 40–100 mm long, linear, in stiff erect clusters, appressed pubescent
- Seeds
- Seeds 5–12, oval, c. 5 mm long, varying in colour from white to grey or black.
- Vernacular
- Cluster bean (English).
- Note
- Reported as cultivated in Somalia (without locality) by Harms in Engler, Die Vegetation der Erde 9(3:1): 572 (1915), but no specimen seen; an ancient crop in India, now widely cultivated in the drier tropics, unknown in the wild state; scarcely of any importance in Somalia at present.
>
Native to:
India, Pakistan, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, China South-Central, Ethiopia, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Cordaea fabiformis Spreng.
- Cyamopsis psoraloides (Lam.) DC.
- Dolichos fabiformis L'Hér.
- Dolichos psoraloides Lam.
- Indigofera tetragonoloba Steud.
- Lupinus guadiloupensis Steud.
- Lupinus trifoliatus Cav.
- Psoralea tetragonoloba L.
- Trigonella goalia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Trigonella tetrapetala Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5920] | Cyamopsis psoraloides | K001122554 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5920] | Cyamopsis psoraloides | K001122555 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5920], India | Cyamopsis psoraloides | K001122556 |
First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 259 (1894)
Accepted by
- Balslav, H. & Chantaranothai, P. (2018). Flora of Thailand 4(3.1): 221-371. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Shaheen, H., Qureshi, R., Akram, A., Gulfraz, M. & Potter, D. (2014). A preliminary floristic checklist of Thal desert Punjab, Pakistan Pakistn Journal of Botany 46: 13-18.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Rechinger, K.H. & al. (1984). Papilionaceae II Flora Iranica 157: 1-499. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Rechinger, K.H. & al. (1984). Papilionaceae II Flora Iranica 157: 1-499. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Senaratna, L. K. (2001). A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.
- Singh, A. N. (1993). In: Verma, D. M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol. 1.
- Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
- Rudd, V. E. (1991). A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.
- Thuan, N. et al. (1987). In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23. P.
- Ambasta, S. P. (1986). The useful plants of India
- Singh, V. (1983). Flora of Banswara, Rajasthan. Howrah.
- Thulin, M. (1983). Opera Botanica 68:1-223. Leguminosae of Ethiopia
- Terrell, E. E. (1977). Checklist of Names for 3, 000 Vas. Pl... Agric. Handbook No. 505
- Ross, J. H. (1973). The Flora of Natal. Bot. Survey Memoir 39
- Backer, C. A. (1963). Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
- Haines, H. H. (1922). The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.
Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
International Legume Database and Information Service
International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/