''Neonotonia wightii'', the perennial soybean, is a species of flowering plant in the family

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, native to subSaharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Sri Lanka, and widely introduced as a

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in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, the

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, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, and

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. It is shade tolerant.

Subtaxa

The following subtaxa are accepted: *''Neonotonia wightii'' var. ''longicauda'' (Schweinf.) J.A.Lackey *''Neonotonia wightii'' var. ''mearnsii'' (De Wild.) J.A.Lackey *''Neonotonia wightii'' subsp. ''petitiana'' (A.Rich.) J.A.Lackey *''Neonotonia wightii'' subsp. ''pseudojavanica'' (Taub.) J.A.Lackey *''Neonotonia wightii'' subsp. ''wightii''

References

Phaseoleae Forages Flora of West Tropical Africa Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Flora of East Tropical Africa Flora of South Tropical Africa Flora of Southern Africa Flora of Yemen Flora of India (region) Flora of Sri Lanka Plants described in 1977 {{Phaseoleae-stub