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Creole-bean

Vigna reflexopilosa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 7, February 10, March 10, April 30, May 22, June 19, July 12, August 9, September 13, October 27, November 24, December 10.
Taiwan193
China172
Taiwan Province171
Taitung County35
Nantou County32
New Taipei19
Pingtung County16
Chiayi County14
Yilan County14
Hualien County12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusVigna

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Creole-bean with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.