Calopogonium mucunoides, called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a green manure to the tropics of Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] In some locales it has become a serious invasive species.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Calopogonium |
| Species: | C. mucunoides
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| Calopogonium mucunoides | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Calopogonium mucunoides Desv". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "Calopogonium mucunoides - Desv". pfaf.org. Plants For A Future. 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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