''Calopogonium mucunoides'', called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family
, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a
green manure
In agriculture, a green manure is a crop specifically produced to be incorporated into the soil while still green. Typically, the green manure's biomass is incorporated with a plow or disk, as is often done with (brown) manure. The primary goal ...
to the tropics of Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australia.
In some locales it has become a serious invasive species.
References
Phaseoleae
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America
Flora of the Dominican Republic
Flora of the Leeward Islands
Flora of the Windward Islands
Flora of northern South America
Flora of western South America
Flora of Brazil
Flora of Northeast Argentina
Plants described in 1826
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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