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Perennial soybean
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Climbing on vegetation, Maui
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Flowers and leaves
Scientific classification
Genus:
Neonotonia
Species:
wightii
Synonyms
List
  • Glycine albidiflora De Wild.
  • Glycine bujacia Benth.
  • Glycine claessensii De Wild.
  • Glycine laurentii De Wild.
  • Glycine longicauda Schweinf.
  • Glycine mearnsii De Wild.
  • Glycine micrantha Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Glycine petitiana (A.Rich.) Schweinf.
  • Glycine pseudojavanica Taub.
  • Glycine rooseveltii De Wild.
  • Glycine wightii (Wight & Arn.) Verdc.
  • Glycine wightii var. coimbatorensis A.Sen
  • Johnia petitiana A.Rich.
  • Johnia wightii (Wight & Arn.) Wight & Arn.
  • Neonotonia wightii var. coimbatorensis (A.Sen) Karthik.
  • Notonia wightii Wight & Arn.
  • Soja wightii Graham

Neonotonia wightii, the perennial soybean, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to sub‑Saharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Sri Lanka, and widely introduced as a forage in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, the Mascarene Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, and Fiji. It is shade tolerant.

Subtaxa

The following subtaxa are accepted:

  • Neonotonia wightii var. longicauda (Schweinf.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii var. mearnsii (De Wild.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. petitiana (A.Rich.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. pseudojavanica (Taub.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. wightii

See also

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