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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Macroptilium atropurpureum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Urb.
Purple bushbean (Florida Atlas, PLANTS)

Macroptilium atropurpureum
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habtat as a naturalized weed
New Providence, Bahamas, 2012

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: South America (Flora of the West Indies); widely naturalized in the West Indies and elsewhere.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Other data on Macroptilium atropurpureum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Macroptilium atropurpureum
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habtat as a naturalized weed
New Providence, Bahamas, 2012
Macroptilium atropurpureum
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habtat as a naturalized weed
New Providence, Bahamas, 2012