EPPO Global Database

Centrosema virginianum(COSVI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: COSVI
  • Preferred name: Centrosema virginianum
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Bentham

Notes

USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone). Introduced in India, Malesia (Java), Réunion, Gabon, Ghana, New Caledonia


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Clitoria virginiana Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
spurred butterfly pea English
Virginian centro English (AU)
wild bluevine English (AU)
virginische Stachelfahne German
chorreque Spanish (GT)
cuchillito Spanish
gallita Spanish (HN)
papito de la reina Spanish (CU)
patillo Spanish