Butterfly pea: Centrosema pubescens (kacangan)

This butterfly pea grows on the sidewalk around the house in Jonggol.

Common names

English Bejuco De Chivo, Bejuco De Juventud, Butterfly Pea, Butterfly-Pea, Campanilla, Caracucha, Centro, Centrosema Petite Feuille, Choncho, Choreque De Culebra, Choreque Negro, Chorque, Conchitas, Cowitch, Cunha, Fleur Languette, Flor De Conchitas, Flor De Pito, Flor De Pito Blanco, Frijol Cuchillo, Jequirana, Jetirana, Patinho, Pois Hallier, Pois Razier, Pois Sauvage, Pois-Pois Marron, Snake Plant, Spurred Butterfly-Pea, French Fleur-Languette, Pois Bâtard Indonesian Kacangan, kakacangan, kibesin Spanish Frijol Cuchillo, Gallinita, Patillo Scientific Centrosema pubescens Benth. Synonym Bradburya pubescens (Benth.)kuntze Synonym Centrosema ferrugineum A. Rich. Synonym Centrosema intermedium A. Rich. Synonym Centrosema salzmannii Benth. Synonym Centrosema virginianum (L.)benth. , P. P. Synonym Clitoria schiedeana Schltdl.

Classification of butterfly pea: Centrosema pubescens (kacangan)

Natura - nature Mundus Plinius - physical world Naturalia - natural bodies Biota Domain Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 – eukaryotes ( lifeforms with nucletic cells) Kingdom Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - plants Subkingdom Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - green plants Phylum Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - vascular plants Subphylum Euphyllophytina Infraphylum "Radiatopses" Kenrick & Crane, 1997 Class Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons (unranked) "eudicots" (Rosopsida) (unranked) "core eudicots" Subclass Rosidae Takhtajan, 1967 (unranked) "fabids"   Order Fabales Bromhead, 1838 Family Fabaceae - Lindley, 1836 - Bean Family / legumes Subfamily Faboideae Rudd Tribe Phaseoleae Subtribe Clitoriinae Genus Centrosema (A.P. de Candolle) Bentham, 1837 - butterfly pea Species Centrosema pubescens Benth.

References:

• taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=100725&tree=0.1
• www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id199394/
• zipcodezoo.com/Plants/C/Centrosema_pubescens/
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrosema
• plantamor.com/index.php?plant=306

Camera: Sony Ericsson K800i
Location: Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia

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