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Macrotyloma uniflorum (horsegram; Horse Gram; Madras Gram)

Synonyms: Dolichos uniflorus (homotypic); Glycine uniflora (homotypic); Kerstingiella uniflora (homotypic)
Language: Hindi; Sinhala

Wikipedia Abstract

Macrotyloma uniflorum (horse gram, kulthi bean, hurali, Madras gram) is one of the lesser known beans. The whole seeds of horse gram are generally used as cattle feed. However, it is consumed as a whole seed, as sprouts, or as whole meal in India, popular especially in southern Indian states. Medical uses of these legumes have been discussed.
View Wikipedia Record: Macrotyloma uniflorum

Infraspecies

Macrotyloma uniflorum var. benadirianum
Macrotyloma uniflorum var. stenocarpum
Macrotyloma uniflorum var. uniflorum
Macrotyloma uniflorum var. verrucosum

Attributes

Structure [1]  Herb

Predators

Aloa lactinea (red costate tiger moth)[2]
Callosobruchus chinensis (Southern Cowpea Weevil)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0