Centrosema

Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth.

First published in Comm. Legum. Gen.: 56 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and as animal food and a medicine.

Descriptions

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 40 - 2600 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb or creeper.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
[UPB]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Pacific. Elevation range: 40–2600 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb, Climbing.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Azulada, Bejuco De Juventud, Blue Bell, Butterfly Pea, Colincito, Conchita De Virginia, Consuelo De Los Caminantes, Corde Violon, Cuchitlito, Cunha, Feijao Do Campo, Feijao-do-mato, Feijaozinho-de-capoeira, Flor De Conchitas, Frijol Marrullero, Jequiritir
[ILDIS]

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
bejuco de sonajera, boca de monte, frijolillo silvestre, frijolito, sonajera
[UNAL]

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
A slender twining herbaceous vine, the stems nearly glabrous; leaflets glabrous, narrowly ovate or narrowly elliptic, 1.5–4 cm long or more
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 1–3 on each peduncle; bracteoles ovate, ca. 5 mm long, minutely puberulous; calyx-lobes lance-linear, 8–12 mm long; corolla lavender-pink sometimes bluish or nearly white; standard 2.5–3 cm broad, minutely puberulous on the back
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 7–10 cm long, 3 mm wide, the terminal beak up to 10 mm long.
Distribution
Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac. Widespread in warm-temperate and tropical America, consisting of many varying races.
Ecology
The Cayman plants grow in secondary woodland thickets and are quite rare.
[Cayman]

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. 40 - 2600 m.; Andes, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, trepadora
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Uses

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

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

Use
Environmental, Forage
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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