About Sticky Snoutbean
Rhynchosia viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, found in altitudes ranging from 0 to 500 meters in dry climates.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rhynchosia viscosa
- Genus
- Rhynchosia
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and dry deciduous forests
- Distribution
- Africa, Madagascar, India, Thailand, Java, Mauritius
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)

Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Sticky Snoutbean belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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