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botanical illustration of Dipogon lignosus, Dipogon lignosus

botanical record · discovered

Dipogon lignosus

Dipogon lignosus

Australian pea · Australian-pea · Cape Sweetpea · Chookhouse vine · Lignosus-bean · Mile-a-minute · Okie bean · chookhouse vine · common dolichos-pea · dolichos pea · dolichos-pea · dunny creeper · fazuľovka drevnatá · lavatory creeper

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: GENISTEIN, HYDROXYGENISTEIN

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Fabaceae

Scientific name: Dipogon lignosus

Common names: Australian pea, Australian-pea, Cape Sweetpea, Chookhouse vine, Lignosus-bean, Mile-a-minute, Okie bean, chookhouse vine, common dolichos-pea, dolichos pea, dolichos-pea, dunny creeper, fazuľovka drevnatá, lavatory creeper

POWO: 492756-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

Historical context is not documented in this record.

Origins and distribution

not documented in this record

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Burkholderia dipogonis sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Dipogon lignosus in New Zealand and Western Australia. · 2015 source ↗
  • Burkholderia sp. induces functional nodules on the South African invasive legume Dipogon lignosus (Phaseoleae) in New Zealand soils. · 2014 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • GENISTEIN
  • HYDROXYGENISTEIN

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Dipogon lignosus
Dipogon lignosus · Ewen Cameron

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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