Amphicarpaea edgeworthii




Family Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
Subtribe Glycininae
Scientific name Amphicarpaea edgeworthii Bentham
Synonyms Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald subsp. edgeworthii (Bentham) H. Ohashi; Amphicarpaea japonica Bentham; Amphicarpaea japonica (Oliver) B. Fedtschenko; Amphicarpaea edgeworthii Bentham var. japonica Oliver; Amphicarpaea edgeworthii Bentham var. trisperma (Miquel) Ohwi; Amphicarpaea trisperma (Miquel) Baker ex Kitagawa; Falcata edgeworthii (Bentham) Kuntze; Falcata japonica (Oliver) Komarov; Shuteria trisperma Miquel
Common name (Japanese common name) yabu-mame (ヤブマメ, 藪豆 [meaning: bush been])
(English Common name) Chinese hog-peanut
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Nepal, India
Chromosomal number 2n=22
Description Leaves ternate, terminal leaflet 3-6cm long, 1.5-5cm wide. Flowers blue-purple 15-20mm long, flowering in September to October. Fruits 2.5-3cm long, 7-8mm wide. Annual plants.
Reference Amphicarpaea edgeworthii Benth.
Method for detecting target plant genus (US Patent 7144702/2006)



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at edge of forest
September 2006
at edge of forest
September 2006
at edge of forest



September 2006
at edge of forest
September 2006
at edge of forest