Details for: PI 485577, Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib., M-285B


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib.
Top Name:
M-285B
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib.
Top Name:
M-285B
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Source History
Collected
08 June 1982.
Botswana
Locality: Deep fine sand, 45-50km NW of Ghanzi, NW of Wickerman farm

Donated
February 1984.
Texas, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
M-285B
Type: Donor identifier
Joseph Nickerson Res. Ctr.

Narrative
Trailing vine with large storage root. Seeds edible, high in protein and oil.
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.
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