Details for: PI 485564, Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib., M-11c


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib.
Top Name:
M-11c
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
 
There are no images for this accession.

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib.
Top Name:
M-11c
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Source History
Collected
23 April 1982.
Botswana
Locality: Sandy plain, Aha hills, Ngamiland District along Namibian bo rder

Donated
February 1984.
Texas, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
M-11c
Type: Donor identifier
Joseph Nickerson Res. Ctr.

Narrative
Trailing vine with large storage root. Seed nutritious with protein and oil content. Local name Marama or Tsin.
Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib.
Genus:
Tylosema
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Cercidoideae
Tribe:
Cercideae
Subtribe:
Bauhiniinae
Nomen number:

411903
Place of publication:

Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3:611. 1960
Verified:
05/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bauhinia esculenta Burch.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgemsbok-bean  1National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Englishmarama-bean  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchbauhinia  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 17 May 2005, from Bauhinia esculenta Burch. to Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib.
Other Links
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree