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Fabaceae

Blue wiss

Teramnus labialis (L.f.) Spreng.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Teramnus

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Blue wiss (Teramnus labialis)
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
软荚豆, 野黃豆, 野黄豆, 钩豆
English
Blue wiss
Malayalam
കാട്ടുഴുന്ന്, അശ്വപുച്ഛാ, കാംബോജീ, മാഷപർണ്ണി
Vietnamese
Đậu chỉ

Synonyms

  • Glycine labialis L.f.
  • Glycine labialis L.
  • Kennedia arabica Benth.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.