Centrosema pubescens, common name centro or butterfly pea, is a legume in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, and tribe Phaseolae.
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flor de conchitas. General Information. Symbol: CEPU5. Group: Dicot. Duration: Perennial. Growth Habit: Forb/herb. Vine. Native Status:.
Centrosema pubescens
Centrosema pubescens, common name centro or butterfly pea, is a legume in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, and tribe Phaseolae. It is native to Central and South America and cultivated in other tropical areas as a forage for livestock. Wikipedia
Species: C. pubescens
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Centrosema
Order: Fabales
Kingdom: Plantae
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Centro is a valuable legume forage for pasture, hay and silage. Commercial herbage cultivars have been developed.
Centrosema pubescens, common name centro or butterfly pea, is a legume in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, and tribe Phaseolae.
Centrosema pubescens is a twining or climbing herbaceous vine, annual or perennial, with alternate leaves, and compound trifoliate with broad oval leaflets and ...
Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Centrosema (DC.) Benth. Click on names to expand them, and on P for PLANTS profiles. Rank, Scientific Name and ...
Perennial, trailing-climbing herb with strong tendency to root at nodes of trailing stems. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets ovate to orbicular, ca.
A fast-growing, aggressive perennial vine, used worldwide in the wet tropics (annual rainfall of at least 1500 mm) as a ground cover in plantations.
It is hardy to UK zone 10. It can fix Nitrogen. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a climbing perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
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