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. Psocarpus
- P. grandiflorus R.Wilczek – umuharakuku
- P. obovalis Tisser.
- P. palustris Desv.
- P. scandens Verdc. – anonantaka
- P. tetragonolobus DC. – asparagus bean, princess bean, four-angled bean, winged bean
- P. lecomtei Tisser.
- P. monophyllus Harms
- P. indicus Wild. – goa bean, winged bean
- P. lancifolius Harms
- P. lukafuensis R.Wilczek