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Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.

Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.

Calopogonium mucunoides
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Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.. Calopogonium mucunoides, called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a green manure to the tropics of Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australia. In some locales it has become a serious invasive species.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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