Macroptilium lathyroides




Family Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
Subtribe Phaseolinae
Scientific name Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urban
Synonyms Lotus maritimus L.; Lotus maritimus Vellozo; Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urban var. angustifolium (Bentham) Stehle; Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urban var. bustarretianum Stehlé & Quentin; Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urban var. semierectum (Linnaeus) Urban; Phaseolus crotalarioides Martius ex Bentham; Phaseolus hastaefolius Martius ex Bentham; Phaseolus lathyroides L.; Phaseolus lathyroides L. forma chacoensis Hassler; Phaseolus lathyroides L. forma hirsutus Hassler; Phaseolus lathyroides L. forma repandus Hassler; Phaseolus lathyroides L. forma typicus Hassler; Phaseolus lathyroides L. subforma nanus (Bentham) Hassler; Phaseolus lathyroides L. var. genuinus Hassler; Phaseolus lathyroides L. var. hastaefolius (Martius ex Bentham) Hassler; Phaseolus lathyroides L. var. semierectus (L.) Hassler; Phaseolus maritimus Bentham; Phaseolus psoraleoides Wight & Arnott; Phaseolus semierectus L.; Phaseolus semierectus L. var. angustifolius Bentham; Phaseolus semierectus L. var. nanus Bentham; Phaseolus semierectus L. var. subhastatus Bentham; Phaseolus strictus Braun & Bouché
Common name (Japanese common name) nanban-akabana-azuki (ナンバンアカバナアズキ, 南蛮赤花小豆 [meaning: foreign red flower azuki bean]), nanban-akabana-tsuru-adzuki (ナンバンアカバナツルアズキ, 南蛮赤花蔓小豆 [meaning: foreign red flower vine azuki bean])
(English common name) phasemy-bean, phasey-bean, wild bushbean
Distribution (Japan) Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay
Habitat Field
Chromosomal number 2n=22
Description Plants creeping 60-150cm tall. Leaces 3-8cm long, 1-3.5cm wide. Flowers red ca. 1.5-2cm long, flowering in all seasons. Vine. Perennial or annual plants.
Reference Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.
Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.
Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.
Macroptilium lathyroides (Linn.) Urb.
Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.
Herbicidal formulation and method of controlling plants (US Patent 6107246/2000)
Phytopathogenic geminivirus resistant transgenic plants and seeds and methods for obtaining same by introduction of mutated C1 gene (US Patent 6133505/2000)
Virus induced gene silencing in plants (US Patent 7012172/2006)
Method of inducing nitrogen fixation in plants (WIPO Patent WO/1997/026363)
Production of biomedical peptides and proteins in plants using plant virus vectors (WIPO Patent WO/2000/025574)
Systems and methods for clonal expression in plants (WIPO Patent WO/2005/081905)
Note Naturalized plants.



July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa



July 2008
at Okinawa