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Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.
Wild bush bean

Macroptilium lathyroides
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Annual

Habit: Vine

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America; a naturalized weed elsewhere.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.

Synonyms: Phaseolus lathyroides.

Other data on Macroptilium lathyroides available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Macroptilium lathyroides
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Macroptilium lathyroides
Copyright by: John Bradford