Common name
English: Virginian centro
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Centrosema (4)
Epithet: virginianum (L.) Benth. (1)
Synonyms: Bradburya biflora (Benth.) Kuntze, Bradburya decumbens (C.Mart.) Kuntze, Bradburya virginiana (L.) Kuntze, Centrosema biflorum Benth., Centrosema decumbens C.Mart., Centrosema micranthum Steud., Centrosema scabriusculum Hassk., Clitoria alabamensis Bertol., Clitoria amoena Roth, Clitoria gemina Vell., Clitoria gladiata Schrank, Clitoria virginiana L., Glycine pugiunculus Desv., Steganotropis conjugata Lehm.
alabamensis => from Alabama, USA
amoena => charming, delightful, pleasing, lovely
biflora => two-flowered
biflorum => two-flowered
conjugata => united, bound together
decumbens => decumbent, prostrate with tips turned up
gemina => twinned, in pairs
gladiata => sword-like
micranthum => small flowered
scabriusculum => somewhat scabrid, slightly rough
virginiana => from Virginia, North America
virginianum => from Virginia, North America
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet