Meaning | A genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers. |
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Synonym | genus Centrosema |
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Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
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Members | butterfly pea, Centrosema virginianum | large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers |
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Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | centrosema, genus centrosema |
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Catalan | centrosema, genus centrosema |
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