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Winding Snoutbean

Rhynchosia volubilis

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
China (Guangdong) to Vietnam, S. Korea, SC. & S. Japan to Taiwan
Climate
subtropical

About

Rhynchosia volubilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Southeast China, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Tergallic acid dilactone can be found in R. volubilis seeds.

Other Rhynchosia plants

Doubleform snoutbean · Prairie snoutbean · Rhynchosia malacophylla · Least snoutbean · Rosary snoutbean · Dollarleaf · Twining snoutbean · Rhynchosia viscosa · Snoutbean

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhynchosia volubilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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