Fabaceae
Cyamopsis

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 259 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Pakistan to W. India. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

33.80% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Jones & Earle, 1966)

[SID]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Cultigen not known in the wild
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Clusterbean, Gowar, Guar, Guar Bean, Guar Gum, Koth-averay
[ILDIS]

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Bushy annual
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, ovate-oblong, usually more than 1 cm wide, toothed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes dense
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white and pinkish, c. 8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 40–100 mm long, linear, in stiff erect clusters, appressed pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology 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.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Vernacular
Cluster Bean, Guar
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Chemical products, Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Guar

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Seed Information Database

    • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (2019) Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (September 2019)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0