Stylosanthes humilis
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Summary
Source: WikipediaStylosanthes humilis, the Townsville stylo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and widely introduced as a forage to the tropics of Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Malesia, and Australia. A nutritionally valuable forage plant, it was nearly wiped out in Australia in the 1970s by an outbreak of the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, which causes anthracnose disease.
Description
A herb. It grows 50 cm long. It can be hairy. It has 3 leaflets. The flowers are yellow.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Australia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, SE Asia, Venezuela,
Synonyms
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
