Taxon: Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.

Summary

Genus:

Calopogonium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Glycininae

Nomen number:

8636

Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9:423. 1826

Verified:

01/12/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

38 (9 active, 8 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Calopogonium brachycarpum (Benth.) Benth. ex Hemsl.
Calopogonium orthocarpum Urb.
Stenolobium brachycarpum Benth.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Boonman, J. G. 1993. East Africa's grasses and fodders: their ecology and husbandry. 192.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames
Carvalho-Okano, R. M. & H. F. Leitão Filho. 1985. Revisão taxonômica do gênero Calopogonium Desv. (Leguminosae-Lotoideae) no Brasil. Revista Brasil. Bot. 8:32.
Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:84-86.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. Note: introd.
Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca
Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Machado, F. A. 2018. Calopogonium mucunoides. Calopogônio. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 494-499.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Misra, R. C. & D. R. Pani. 2016. Note on Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.(Fabaceae): a new species record for eastern and central India. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 86:211-216. DOI: 10.1007/s40011-014-0442-4.
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932-. Flora of Suriname.
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: introduced
Sousa, A. C. B. et al. 2012. Molecular diversity, genetic structure and mating system of Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 59:1449-1464.
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:72.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: introd.
Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes. Note: introduced
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	calopo		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	mao man dou	毛蔓豆	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Portuguese (Brazil)	jitirana		2	Machado, F. A. 2018. Calopogonium mucunoides. Calopogônio. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 494-499.
Spanish	frisolilla		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	rabo de iguana		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Montserrat			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru			Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized					widely natzd. in tropics
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Odisha		Misra, R. C. & D. R. Pani. 2016. Note on Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.(Fabaceae): a new species record for eastern and central India. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 86:211-216. DOI: 10.1007/s40011-014-0442-4.

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Sinaloa]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Nayarit, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico], St. Vincent and Grenadines
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized

REGION:

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Odisha]

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Misra, R. C. & D. R. Pani. 2016. Note on Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.(Fabaceae): a new species record for eastern and central India. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 86:211-216. DOI: 10.1007/s40011-014-0442-4.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Animal food	forage	Boonman, J. G. 1993. East Africa's grasses and fodders: their ecology and husbandry. 192.
Animal food	forage	Machado, F. A. 2018. Calopogonium mucunoides. Calopogônio. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 494-499.
Environmental	erosion control	Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Environmental	soil improver	't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:72.
Environmental	soil improver	Sousa, A. C. B. et al. 2012. Molecular diversity, genetic structure and mating system of Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 59:1449-1464.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=8636. Accessed 15 April 2026.