Psophocarpus


Psophocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of climbing herbs or subshrubs native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and forest margins, moist wooded grassland and grassland, thicket, swamp, and secondary vegetation. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

Species

There are currently 10 living species of Psophocarpus:
;Subgenus Psophocarpus
Sect. PsocarpusP. grandiflorus R.Wilczek – umuharakukuP. obovalis Tisser.P. palustris Desv.P. scandens Verdc. – anonantakaP. tetragonolobus DC. – asparagus bean, princess bean, four-angled bean, winged bean
Sect. UnifoliateP. lecomtei Tisser.P. monophyllus Harms
;Subgenus VignopsisP. indicus Wild. – goa bean, winged bean P. lancifolius HarmsP. lukafuensis R.Wilczek