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Macroptilium lathyroides

(L.) Urb. (1928)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Macroptilium

cow pea, wild bean

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect annual or biennial herbs 0.6–1.5 m tall, sometimes trailing or twining.

Stems: Stems appressed pubescent.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound. Alternate. Leaflets narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, 3–8 cm long, 1–3.5 cm wide. Lower surfaces sparsely pilose at maturity. Leaflet margins entire. Petioles 1–5 cm long. Stipules lanceolate, 5–6 mm long. Stipellate, stipules strongly nerved.

Flowers: Flowers subsessile, ca. 15 mm long, in pseudoracemes up to 50 cm long; bracts caducous. Flowers papilionaceous. Calyx lobes 5. Petals: standard petal maroon to purple, wing petals longer than standard and keel, both wing and keel claws long, the keel twisted, wing and keel petals tinged green, red, or white. Stamens 10; upper stamen distinct, the other 9 connate into a tube. Ovary superior; style 1, apical, bent near base and also with a thickened apical part abruptly bent 90º forming a squarish hook, bearded on the apical thickened part, primarily on upper (adaxial) side; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Pods 5.5–10 cm long; 2.5–3.5 mm wide; appressed pilose; the valves becoming strongly twisted; dehiscent; valves rather thin; spirally twisted. Seeds 18–30; brown or marbled brown and black; obliquely oblong; ca. 3.5 mm long; ca. 3 mm wide; pitted.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat: Pastures; along roadsides; and in other disturbed areas.

Elevation Range: 0–610 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Naturalized
Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Potentially naturalizing
Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Potentially naturalizing
Lana'i Naturalized
Kaho'olawe Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • 0-610 m
  • Description digitized by Tiffany Flood
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • First collected on O'ahu in 1864-1865 (Mann & Brigham 47, BISH).-Plate 92

Bibliography

Name Published In: Symb. Antill. 9: 457 (1928)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:683 (Ni, K, O, L, M, Ka, H); Shannon & Wagner 1996:13/Herbarium Pacificum Staff 1996:4 (Mo); Starr & Starr 2017:5 (Mi); Imada & Kennedy 2020:77 (Le); Starr & Starr 2022b/Aspey s.n. BISH 796696 (Mi†, 2012)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Macroptilium lathyroides University of Hawaii, Manoa campus Preserved_Specimen Scandant sub-shrub with red-purple flowers. Herbst, D.R. 5268 Oahu BISH 1975-04-03
2 Macroptilium lathyroides Kaalualu Bay near South Point Preserved_Specimen Small herb less than .5 m high growing in disturbed and rocky areas along the shore. Flowers dark red, seeds mottled brown. Whistler, W.A. 26 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
3 Macroptilium lathyroides Kipapa Gulch Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1375 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
4 Macroptilium lathyroides Along road leading to Kaluanui Valley Preserved_Specimen Weed. Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-03-21
5 Macroptilium lathyroides Ke Kuaaina Preserved_Specimen Has rather a pretty flower Munro, G.C. Oahu BISH 1961-01-01
6 Macroptilium lathyroides Nanakuli between N and S ridge Preserved_Specimen Flowers dark purple Oahu BISH 1946-01-19
7 Macroptilium lathyroides Puna, near Kapaahu Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3004 Hawaii BISH 1959-07-01
8 Macroptilium lathyroides 3.4 mi S of General store in Waihee on west side of road Preserved_Specimen Bragg, L.H. 1006 Maui BISH 1984-08-26
9 Macroptilium lathyroides Weed along road between Waikoloa and Mamalahoa highway Preserved_Specimen Scandant herb with red-violet flowers. Herbst, D.R. 5372 Hawaii BISH 1975-06-23
10 Macroptilium lathyroides Hauula Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 850 Oahu BISH 1908-12-03
11 Macroptilium lathyroides Kalaupapa; airport, 200 m WSW of start of runway Preserved_Specimen trailing perennial herb Wysong, M.L. 586 Molokai BISH 2005-01-27
12 Macroptilium lathyroides Sealevel at Punaluu Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 486 Hawaii BISH 1943-03-27
13 Macroptilium lathyroides Diamond Head crater Preserved_Specimen Shrub. Christophersen, E. 1345 Oahu BISH 1930-05-11
14 Macroptilium lathyroides unknown Preserved_Specimen Cultivated; n.v. wild bean BISH
15 Macroptilium lathyroides unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. BISH
16 Macroptilium lathyroides Hauula OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 10/18/2007
17 Macroptilium lathyroides Lanai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 218 Lanai BISH 1913-11-12
18 Macroptilium lathyroides In Diamond Head Crater Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. 1470 Oahu BISH 1931-01-22
19 Macroptilium lathyroides Aiea-roadside Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 39 Oahu BISH 1929-08-08
20 Macroptilium lathyroides Kaena Point Preserved_Specimen Luke, K. 25 Oahu BISH 1960-12-07
21 Macroptilium lathyroides Oahu Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 47 Oahu BISH 1864-01-01
22 Macroptilium lathyroides High wind-swept plateau, rare Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. 726 Kahoolawe BISH 1931-02-13
23 Macroptilium lathyroides Lanai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 401 Lanai BISH 1913-11-12
24 Macroptilium lathyroides Mokula, N Island, Lanikai Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6008 Oahu BISH 1978-02-07
25 Macroptilium lathyroides Transect C4-along secondary road to area above lighthouse Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.069 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-25
26 Macroptilium lathyroides Lanai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 592 Lanai BISH 1916-06-19
27 Macroptilium lathyroides Hauula Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 765 Oahu BISH 1908-12-03
28 Macroptilium lathyroides Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 472 Kauai BISH 1916-10-04
29 Macroptilium lathyroides 1 mile S of Kilauea Point, along road Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1978-06-21
30 Macroptilium lathyroides Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1916-01-01
31 Macroptilium lathyroides Ke Kuaaina, Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Oahu BISH 1961-01-01
32 Macroptilium lathyroides Honolulu, Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Oahu BISH 1952-05-08
33 Macroptilium lathyroides Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10549 Oahu BISH 1930-05-10
34 Macroptilium lathyroides Honolulu, Museum grounds Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1911-01-01
35 Macroptilium lathyroides Kalia, Waikiki Preserved_Specimen Octavio, A.M. Oahu BISH 1929-11-24
36 Macroptilium lathyroides Transect c4-along secondary road to area above lighthouse Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.056 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-25
37 Macroptilium lathyroides Honolulu District, Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 128 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
38 Macroptilium lathyroides Diamond Head, N and NW rim Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3225 Oahu BISH 1960-03-05
39 Macroptilium lathyroides Kawaihau, Waipoke pasture Preserved_Specimen Herb with erect to trailing stems, red-violet flowers Herbst, D.R. 5663 Kauai BISH 1976-02-23
40 Macroptilium lathyroides Waikiki, Honolulu dry coral plain Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. 128 Oahu BISH 1932-07-15
41 Macroptilium lathyroides Top of Sacrificial Rock, Punchbowl Hill hard lava soil Preserved_Specimen ~18 in. Garber, D.W. 535 Oahu BISH 1921-02-17
42 Macroptilium lathyroides Below Polihale Ridge On talus slope. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1978-09-24
43 Macroptilium lathyroides Mokolii Near coast on S side. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041916 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
44 Macroptilium lathyroides Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range, Outplanting site Occasional in open Cenchrus ciliaris/Megathyrsus maximus pasture, scattered Sida fallax, Asystasia gangetica, Leucaena leucocephala. Preserved_Specimen BISH staff 17 Oahu BISH 2021-04-29
45 Macroptilium lathyroides Kahuku roadside Preserved_Specimen herb Hume, E.P. 240 Oahu BISH 1931-10-15
46 Macroptilium lathyroides BYU-HC, back W.D. 3 clay, loam, roadsides, lawns, waste areas Preserved_Specimen Shrub; branched stems, leaves with 3 ovate leaflets; purple-red flowers Ziegelbauer, K. 43 Oahu BISH 1975-04-04
47 Macroptilium lathyroides BYU-HC sandy clay Preserved_Specimen Suberect branching; stems are herbaceous with compound ovate leaves. Flowers pea-like; dark purple Lee, P. 24 Oahu BISH 1975-03-17
48 Macroptilium lathyroides Mokulua, S islet, Kailus slope above beach Preserved_Specimen erect, flowers maroon Fosberg, F.R. 12898 Oahu BISH 1936-02-16
49 Macroptilium lathyroides Waihee Wetland, Kamehameha Hwy. O'ahu, Hawaii Growing at the edge of the water, in wet sandy soil. Other species Vigna luteola, Cynodon dactylon. Preserved_Specimen Dark maroon pea-like flower, trifoliate leaf, long slender pea-like pods. Crago, L.M. 2005082 Oahu BISH 2005-03-01
50 Macroptilium lathyroides Waianae Range, Lualualei, antenna field. Lowland dry habitat of kiawe, koa haole, grasses, Marsilea villosa. Preserved_Specimen Large, vinelike patch located next to Marsilea villosa. Tripinnately compound leaves; purple flowers. Bolling, M. 3 Oahu BISH 2014-03-27
51 Macroptilium lathyroides Hoolehua, Plant Materials Center of Hawaii In 1 m. high grass patch between windbreaks in lowland dry shrubland. Common in area. Preserved_Specimen Erect. Leaves trifoliate (not present in sample). Flowers deep purple. Pods strongly twisted when opened. Seeds mottled black & grey. Hughes, G.D. Molokai BISH 1990-10-09
52 Macroptilium lathyroides Haao Valley Pasture Preserved_Specimen Weed St.John, H. 22805 Niihau BISH 1947-08-14
53 Macroptilium lathyroides Wahiawa roadside Preserved_Specimen prostrate herb, flower pink to red Swarbrick, J.T. 63 Oahu BISH 1976-01-07
54 Macroptilium lathyroides Waimea district Ridge between Pritchardia Gulch. Coastal Dry Shrubland w/ Cenchrus ciliaris- Setaria verticillata- Pluchea Chenopodium murale, Solanum americanum, Bidens pilosa, Heteropogon contortus, Gossypium, SIda fallax, Abitilon grandifolium, Canavalia napaliensis, Sida fallax, Jacquemontia sandwicensis, Sicyos maxim Preserved_Specimen Upright subshrub, dark red flower. Small dark and light mottled seed. Tangalin, N. 3195 Lehua Rock BISH 2012-05-07
55 Macroptilium lathyroides Southeast Oahu, Makapuu, Alan Davis Beach Seasonally saturated roadside depression at this time almost completely filled with Marsilea villosa. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling herb in the Marsilea patch; fruiting heavily at this time. Imada, C. 200412 Oahu BISH 2004-02-14
56 Macroptilium lathyroides Laie melon field Preserved_Specimen 1-2.5 ft. Stokoe, T. 1 Oahu BISH 1960-10-02
57 Macroptilium lathyroides Kahuku along dirt road into wetland from weed community of Koa haole, Crotalaria, castor bean, Bidens and Pluchea Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 1302 Oahu BISH 1990-05-08
58 Macroptilium lathyroides BYU-HC, Laie sandy clay Preserved_Specimen Shrub; branched stems, leaves with 3 ovate leaflets; purple-red flowers, almost sessile, nodding, from long stalks 12-18 in. Tiu, C. 12 Oahu BISH 1975-03-15
59 Macroptilium lathyroides Hauula Park roadside Preserved_Specimen weed; flowers dark purple Cowan, R.S. 832 Oahu BISH 1948-02-22
60 Macroptilium lathyroides Halemano, Wahiawa moderately wet pineapple field Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 418 Oahu BISH 1931-06-07
61 Macroptilium lathyroides Honolulu, back of Bishop Musem field Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. Oahu BISH 1931-06-04
62 Macroptilium lathyroides University of Hawaii Farm, Honolulu Wet region Preserved_Specimen Wild pea-bean Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-03-22
63 Macroptilium lathyroides Scandant shrub at junction of Highway 34 and Waihee Valley Road Preserved_Specimen Associated with Chloris, Tridax, Rhynchelytrum. Flowers dark red. Ishikawa, S. 327 Maui BISH 1973-11-29
64 Macroptilium lathyroides East Maui, 11.5 mi E of Ulupalakua Ranch on Piilani Hwy. (Hwy. 31), 1.4 mi W of Manawainui; in small canyon grazed by cattle Preserved_Specimen Flowers maroon. Wagner, W.L. 4756 Maui BISH 1983-01-14
65 Macroptilium lathyroides Waialua; private lotus farm on Waialua Beach Road Weed on dry bank of lotus field. Preserved_Specimen Imada, C. 9231 Oahu BISH 1992-04-05
66 Macroptilium lathyroides Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range With Leucaena leucocephala, Waltheria indica, Pluchea carolinensis, Cenchrus ciliaris, and Centaurium erythraea var. erythraea (799287). On hard limestone substrate. Preserved_Specimen BISH staff 66 Oahu BISH 2021-05-11
67 Macroptilium lathyroides Koele Preserved_Specimen Erect. Sparingly branched. Subshrub with red-violet flowers. Herbst, D.R. 5288 Lanai BISH 1975-04-30
68 Macroptilium lathyroides P.T.B.G., Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Vine with red-violet flowers. Herbst, D.R. 2289 Kauai BISH 1972-01-03
69 Macroptilium lathyroides Molokini Islet Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 406 Maui BISH 1980-04-23
70 Macroptilium lathyroides Hawaii, Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
71 Macroptilium lathyroides Koolau Mountain Range: Honolulu: Diamond Head, growing under haole Koa near the FCC installation, crestline at el. 675 ft Preserved_Specimen Corolla burgundy in color. Takeuchi, W.N. 1915 Oahu BISH 1985-01-13
72 Macroptilium lathyroides Aina Haina; SE Koolau Mts.; 2nd gully, W side about 1/4 mi beyond end of Hao St Preserved_Specimen Weakly ascending herb, flowers scarlet, leaves ternate, fruit cylindric Stone, B.C. 1260 Oahu BISH 1956-05-10
73 Macroptilium lathyroides University of Hawaii, Manoa campus Preserved_Specimen Scandant sub-shrub with red-purple flowers. Herbst, D.R. 5268 Oahu BISH 1975-04-03
74 Macroptilium lathyroides Kaalualu Bay near South Point Preserved_Specimen Small herb less than .5 m high growing in disturbed and rocky areas along the shore. Flowers dark red, seeds mottled brown. Whistler, W.A. 26 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
75 Macroptilium lathyroides Kipapa Gulch Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1375 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
76 Macroptilium lathyroides Along road leading to Kaluanui Valley Preserved_Specimen Weed. Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-03-21
77 Macroptilium lathyroides Ke Kuaaina Preserved_Specimen Has rather a pretty flower Munro, G.C. Oahu BISH 1961-01-01
78 Macroptilium lathyroides Nanakuli between N and S ridge Preserved_Specimen Flowers dark purple Oahu BISH 1946-01-19
79 Macroptilium lathyroides Puna, near Kapaahu Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3004 Hawaii BISH 1959-07-01
80 Macroptilium lathyroides 3.4 mi S of General store in Waihee on west side of road Preserved_Specimen Bragg, L.H. 1006 Maui BISH 1984-08-26
81 Macroptilium lathyroides Weed along road between Waikoloa and Mamalahoa highway Preserved_Specimen Scandant herb with red-violet flowers. Herbst, D.R. 5372 Hawaii BISH 1975-06-23
82 Macroptilium lathyroides Hauula Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 850 Oahu BISH 1908-12-03
83 Macroptilium lathyroides Kalaupapa; airport, 200 m WSW of start of runway Preserved_Specimen trailing perennial herb Wysong, M.L. 586 Molokai BISH 2005-01-27
84 Macroptilium lathyroides Sealevel at Punaluu Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 486 Hawaii BISH 1943-03-27
85 Macroptilium lathyroides Diamond Head crater Preserved_Specimen Shrub. Christophersen, E. 1345 Oahu BISH 1930-05-11
86 Macroptilium lathyroides unknown Preserved_Specimen Cultivated; n.v. wild bean BISH
87 Macroptilium lathyroides unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. BISH
88 Macroptilium lathyroides Hauula OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 10/18/2007
89 Macroptilium lathyroides Lanai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 218 Lanai BISH 1913-11-12
90 Macroptilium lathyroides In Diamond Head Crater Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. 1470 Oahu BISH 1931-01-22
91 Macroptilium lathyroides Aiea-roadside Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 39 Oahu BISH 1929-08-08
92 Macroptilium lathyroides Kaena Point Preserved_Specimen Luke, K. 25 Oahu BISH 1960-12-07
93 Macroptilium lathyroides Oahu Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 47 Oahu BISH 1864-01-01
94 Macroptilium lathyroides High wind-swept plateau, rare Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. 726 Kahoolawe BISH 1931-02-13
95 Macroptilium lathyroides Lanai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 401 Lanai BISH 1913-11-12
96 Macroptilium lathyroides Mokula, N Island, Lanikai Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6008 Oahu BISH 1978-02-07
97 Macroptilium lathyroides Transect C4-along secondary road to area above lighthouse Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.069 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-25
98 Macroptilium lathyroides Lanai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 592 Lanai BISH 1916-06-19
99 Macroptilium lathyroides Hauula Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 765 Oahu BISH 1908-12-03
100 Macroptilium lathyroides Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 472 Kauai BISH 1916-10-04
101 Macroptilium lathyroides 1 mile S of Kilauea Point, along road Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1978-06-21
102 Macroptilium lathyroides Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1916-01-01
103 Macroptilium lathyroides Ke Kuaaina, Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Oahu BISH 1961-01-01
104 Macroptilium lathyroides Honolulu, Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Oahu BISH 1952-05-08
105 Macroptilium lathyroides Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10549 Oahu BISH 1930-05-10
106 Macroptilium lathyroides Honolulu, Museum grounds Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1911-01-01
107 Macroptilium lathyroides Kalia, Waikiki Preserved_Specimen Octavio, A.M. Oahu BISH 1929-11-24
108 Macroptilium lathyroides Transect c4-along secondary road to area above lighthouse Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.056 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-25
109 Macroptilium lathyroides Honolulu District, Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 128 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
110 Macroptilium lathyroides Diamond Head, N and NW rim Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3225 Oahu BISH 1960-03-05
111 Macroptilium lathyroides Kawaihau, Waipoke pasture Preserved_Specimen Herb with erect to trailing stems, red-violet flowers Herbst, D.R. 5663 Kauai BISH 1976-02-23
112 Macroptilium lathyroides Waikiki, Honolulu dry coral plain Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. 128 Oahu BISH 1932-07-15
113 Macroptilium lathyroides Top of Sacrificial Rock, Punchbowl Hill hard lava soil Preserved_Specimen ~18 in. Garber, D.W. 535 Oahu BISH 1921-02-17
114 Macroptilium lathyroides Below Polihale Ridge On talus slope. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1978-09-24
115 Macroptilium lathyroides Mokolii Near coast on S side. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041916 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
116 Macroptilium lathyroides Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range, Outplanting site Occasional in open Cenchrus ciliaris/Megathyrsus maximus pasture, scattered Sida fallax, Asystasia gangetica, Leucaena leucocephala. Preserved_Specimen BISH staff 17 Oahu BISH 2021-04-29
117 Macroptilium lathyroides Kahuku roadside Preserved_Specimen herb Hume, E.P. 240 Oahu BISH 1931-10-15
118 Macroptilium lathyroides BYU-HC, back W.D. 3 clay, loam, roadsides, lawns, waste areas Preserved_Specimen Shrub; branched stems, leaves with 3 ovate leaflets; purple-red flowers Ziegelbauer, K. 43 Oahu BISH 1975-04-04
119 Macroptilium lathyroides BYU-HC sandy clay Preserved_Specimen Suberect branching; stems are herbaceous with compound ovate leaves. Flowers pea-like; dark purple Lee, P. 24 Oahu BISH 1975-03-17
120 Macroptilium lathyroides Mokulua, S islet, Kailus slope above beach Preserved_Specimen erect, flowers maroon Fosberg, F.R. 12898 Oahu BISH 1936-02-16
121 Macroptilium lathyroides Waihee Wetland, Kamehameha Hwy. O'ahu, Hawaii Growing at the edge of the water, in wet sandy soil. Other species Vigna luteola, Cynodon dactylon. Preserved_Specimen Dark maroon pea-like flower, trifoliate leaf, long slender pea-like pods. Crago, L.M. 2005082 Oahu BISH 2005-03-01
122 Macroptilium lathyroides Waianae Range, Lualualei, antenna field. Lowland dry habitat of kiawe, koa haole, grasses, Marsilea villosa. Preserved_Specimen Large, vinelike patch located next to Marsilea villosa. Tripinnately compound leaves; purple flowers. Bolling, M. 3 Oahu BISH 2014-03-27
123 Macroptilium lathyroides Hoolehua, Plant Materials Center of Hawaii In 1 m. high grass patch between windbreaks in lowland dry shrubland. Common in area. Preserved_Specimen Erect. Leaves trifoliate (not present in sample). Flowers deep purple. Pods strongly twisted when opened. Seeds mottled black & grey. Hughes, G.D. Molokai BISH 1990-10-09
124 Macroptilium lathyroides Haao Valley Pasture Preserved_Specimen Weed St.John, H. 22805 Niihau BISH 1947-08-14
125 Macroptilium lathyroides Wahiawa roadside Preserved_Specimen prostrate herb, flower pink to red Swarbrick, J.T. 63 Oahu BISH 1976-01-07
126 Macroptilium lathyroides Waimea district Ridge between Pritchardia Gulch. Coastal Dry Shrubland w/ Cenchrus ciliaris- Setaria verticillata- Pluchea Chenopodium murale, Solanum americanum, Bidens pilosa, Heteropogon contortus, Gossypium, SIda fallax, Abitilon grandifolium, Canavalia napaliensis, Sida fallax, Jacquemontia sandwicensis, Sicyos maxim Preserved_Specimen Upright subshrub, dark red flower. Small dark and light mottled seed. Tangalin, N. 3195 Lehua Rock BISH 2012-05-07
127 Macroptilium lathyroides Southeast Oahu, Makapuu, Alan Davis Beach Seasonally saturated roadside depression at this time almost completely filled with Marsilea villosa. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling herb in the Marsilea patch; fruiting heavily at this time. Imada, C. 200412 Oahu BISH 2004-02-14
128 Macroptilium lathyroides Laie melon field Preserved_Specimen 1-2.5 ft. Stokoe, T. 1 Oahu BISH 1960-10-02
129 Macroptilium lathyroides Kahuku along dirt road into wetland from weed community of Koa haole, Crotalaria, castor bean, Bidens and Pluchea Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 1302 Oahu BISH 1990-05-08
130 Macroptilium lathyroides BYU-HC, Laie sandy clay Preserved_Specimen Shrub; branched stems, leaves with 3 ovate leaflets; purple-red flowers, almost sessile, nodding, from long stalks 12-18 in. Tiu, C. 12 Oahu BISH 1975-03-15
131 Macroptilium lathyroides Hauula Park roadside Preserved_Specimen weed; flowers dark purple Cowan, R.S. 832 Oahu BISH 1948-02-22
132 Macroptilium lathyroides Halemano, Wahiawa moderately wet pineapple field Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 418 Oahu BISH 1931-06-07
133 Macroptilium lathyroides Honolulu, back of Bishop Musem field Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. Oahu BISH 1931-06-04
134 Macroptilium lathyroides University of Hawaii Farm, Honolulu Wet region Preserved_Specimen Wild pea-bean Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-03-22
135 Macroptilium lathyroides Scandant shrub at junction of Highway 34 and Waihee Valley Road Preserved_Specimen Associated with Chloris, Tridax, Rhynchelytrum. Flowers dark red. Ishikawa, S. 327 Maui BISH 1973-11-29
136 Macroptilium lathyroides East Maui, 11.5 mi E of Ulupalakua Ranch on Piilani Hwy. (Hwy. 31), 1.4 mi W of Manawainui; in small canyon grazed by cattle Preserved_Specimen Flowers maroon. Wagner, W.L. 4756 Maui BISH 1983-01-14
137 Macroptilium lathyroides Waialua; private lotus farm on Waialua Beach Road Weed on dry bank of lotus field. Preserved_Specimen Imada, C. 9231 Oahu BISH 1992-04-05
138 Macroptilium lathyroides Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range With Leucaena leucocephala, Waltheria indica, Pluchea carolinensis, Cenchrus ciliaris, and Centaurium erythraea var. erythraea (799287). On hard limestone substrate. Preserved_Specimen BISH staff 66 Oahu BISH 2021-05-11
139 Macroptilium lathyroides Koele Preserved_Specimen Erect. Sparingly branched. Subshrub with red-violet flowers. Herbst, D.R. 5288 Lanai BISH 1975-04-30
140 Macroptilium lathyroides P.T.B.G., Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Vine with red-violet flowers. Herbst, D.R. 2289 Kauai BISH 1972-01-03
141 Macroptilium lathyroides Molokini Islet Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 406 Maui BISH 1980-04-23
142 Macroptilium lathyroides Hawaii, Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
143 Macroptilium lathyroides Koolau Mountain Range: Honolulu: Diamond Head, growing under haole Koa near the FCC installation, crestline at el. 675 ft Preserved_Specimen Corolla burgundy in color. Takeuchi, W.N. 1915 Oahu BISH 1985-01-13
144 Macroptilium lathyroides Aina Haina; SE Koolau Mts.; 2nd gully, W side about 1/4 mi beyond end of Hao St Preserved_Specimen Weakly ascending herb, flowers scarlet, leaves ternate, fruit cylindric Stone, B.C. 1260 Oahu BISH 1956-05-10
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