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Stylosanthes hamata
About
Stylosanthes hamata, the Caribbean stylo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the islands of the Caribbean, and nearby areas on the mainland; Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela, and it has been introduced as a forage crop to Florida, Peru, Brazil, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Benin, India, Thailand, Hainan, and northern Australia. There are diploid and tetraploid cultivars, with the tetraploids being more drought tolerant and more frequently sown for pasture.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Stylosanthes hamata
- Slug
- stylosanthes-hamata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Stylosanthes
- Species
- hamata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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