Centrosema

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Centrosema in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Centrosema (Greek, spurred-standard). Leguminosae. Butterfly-pea. Twining or trailing herbs, one of which is sometimes cultivated. Leaves pinnate, 3-7-foliolate: fls. in the axils, showy, white or reddish, papilionaceous, the standard spurred on the back, the keel broad, and the style bearded at the apex: pod long and narrow, many-seeded, with 2 thick-edged valves.—Species about 30 in Trop. Amer. and 2 in U. S. Centrosema is a more recent name than Bradburya of Rafinesque, but it is thoroughly established in usage and is retained in the "nomina conservanda" of the Vienna Congress. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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