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Volume 65, Issue 2, December 2023

Articles

Lablab purpureus subsp. uncinatus Verdc. (Fabaceae), a new record for Asia

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/172808

Published 2023-12-01

  • Vishnu V. S.
    • ,
  • Vishnu Mohan
    • ,
  • Radhamany P. M.
    • ,
  • Santhosh Nampy

Vishnu V. S.
Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Kerala - 695581

Vishnu Mohan
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala - 673635

Radhamany P. M.
Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Kerala - 695581

Santhosh Nampy
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala - 673635

Abstract

Lablab purpureus subsp. uncinatus collected from Kerala and Tamil Nadu forms a new record for Asia. Detailed taxonomic description, photographs and key to the subspecies are provided to facilitate easy identification.

Keywords

Anti-Nutritional, Conservation, Germplasm, Morphology.

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