Summary ²

Wild cowpea is a sparsely hairy, short-lived perennial vine with trifoliate, ovate to lanceolate leaves that are 1 to 4 in. long and 0.5 to 2 in. wide. The leaves are sparsely pubescent on both surfaces. Racemes axillary, many-flowered. Flowers are yellow, and approximately 1 in. long. It has thin-shelled pods that have waxy margins when dry, and 2 in. long and 0.25 in. wide that range from brown to black. Occurs in wet tropical coastal areas of Africa, Central America, West Indies, southern United States and northern Australia.

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• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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