Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus

Native to:

Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Galápagos, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jawa, Korea, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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