Centrosema virginianum

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Centrosema virginianum - large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers

butterfly pea

Centrosema, genus Centrosema - a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers

vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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9, 1932 Edward George, Nassau/ New Providence Bourreria ovata Miers Rum Cay January (Boraginaceae) 6, 1932 Bradburya virginiana (L.) Spanish Wells/ January Kuntze (Fabaceae) Eleuthera 10, 1932 [= Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth.

Plant hunting expeditions of David Fairchild to The Bahamas

humilis r 1 Li-Cissampelos pareira r 1 1 Centrosema virginianum r 2 Cissus verticillata r r Other species: Callicarpa resinosa r in 1 Passiflorafoetida, Spermacoce laevis and Tillandsiafasciculata r, Zuelania guidonia + in 2; Bothriochloa pertusa and Rochefortia acanthophora +, Melochia nodiflora and Varronia lineata r in 3; Ocotea coriacea r in 4; Diospyrus grisebachii and Lonchocarpus longipes +, Caesalpinia vesicaria 1, Erytrhroxylum rotundifolium and Capparis flexuosa r in 5; Oplonia tetrasticha +, Citharexylum ternatum and Triopteris rigida r in 6.