Macrotyloma

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Macrotyloma
horse gram beans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
(unranked) Eurosids I
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Genus: Macrotyloma
(Wight & Arn.) Verdc.
Species

~24, see text

Macrotyloma is a genus of plants in the legume family which include several species of edible beans.

Species include:

  • Macrotyloma africanum
  • Macrotyloma axillare
  • Macrotyloma daltonii
  • Macrotyloma densiflorum
  • Macrotyloma ellipticum
  • Macrotyloma geocarpum - Kersting's groundnut, ground bean
  • Macrotyloma maranguense
  • Macrotyloma oliganthum
  • Macrotyloma rupestre
  • Macrotyloma stenophyllum
  • Macrotyloma stipulosum
  • Macrotyloma tenuiflorum
  • Macrotyloma uniflorum - horse gram, kulthi

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