Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 2: 385 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is a climbing annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A small twining or trailing vine, the stems angled or grooved, puberulous when young; leaflets rhombic or subrhombic, 1–2.5 cm long, minutely puberulous on both sides; stipules subulate, ca. 2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes slender, 5–10 cm long, often exceeding the leaves; flowers remote, not paired, reflexed in age; calyx 3–4 mm long, puberulous; corolla pale yellow, 5–6 mm long; standard puberulous and gland-dotted
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 1–1.7 cm long, 3–5 mm broad, puberulous and gland-dotted, slightly constricted between the seeds; seeds 3–3.5 mm long, mottled with light and dark brown.
Distribution
Cayman Islands. A pantropical weed.
Ecology
Weed of open waste ground and roadsides, or sometimes in pastures and thickets.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19379374/20135353

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
arroz con coco, cadillo, frijolillo dos pepas, platanito, rabo de ratón
[UNAL]

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

23.60% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Barclay & Earle, 1974)

[SID]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sudanian bushland and thicket, Sudanian wooded grassland, Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands., Somalia-Masai grasslands, Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket, Sudanian grasslands, Zambezian bushland and thicket, Zambezian grassland, Zambezian wooded gr
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Alcarretillo, Baunhran, Bejuco Culebra, Bejuco Silvestre, Bejuco-frijolillo, Bejuquillo, Burn Mouth Vine, Choncho, Favinha Brava De Uma Cor, Feijao, Feijao De Adubo, Feijaozinho, Frijillilo Silvestre, Frijolillo, Frijolillo Silvestre, Frijolito, Frijollil
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Perennial climbing or prostrate herb; stems glabrous to velvety
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, rhomboid, ovate or suborbicular, 0.9–6 x 0.8–5 cm, glabrescent to velvety
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent; lobes 2–7 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow often with purplish veins, 5–10 mm long, pubescent, glandular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod oblong-falcate, 6–20(–22) x 3–5(–9) mm, glabrescent to pubescent and often with longer hairs and glands.
Note
R. minima in the present sense is a pantropical, taxonomically difficult complex with its centre of variation in Africa. Large-flowered plants (var. prostrata) sometimes approach R. malacophylla, and specimens of var. A may approach R. albissima.
[FSOM]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1700 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, trepadora, liana
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–1700 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb, Liana, Climbing.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 0 - 1700 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb, creeper or liana.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
[UPB]

Uses

Use
Forage, Medicine, Toxins
[ILDIS]

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

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