glycine-pea

Names and Synonyms

Common Names

• glycine-pea
• pea glycine
• variable glycine
• wild soybean
• Glycine Pea
• glycine

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Kennedynella tabacina
• Leptolobium tabacinum
• Desmodium novohollandicum
• Glycine tabacina var. uncinata
• Glycine pescadrensis
• Leptolobium elongatum
• Kennedia tabacina
• Leptocyamus elongatus
• Kennedynella elongata

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta within the class Equisetopsida. As a member of the subclass Magnoliidae and the order Fabales, it is classified under the family Fabaceae. Ultimately, it is identified by the genus Glycine as Glycine tabacina.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant exhibits a broad geographical distribution spanning several distinct regions across the globe. In East Tropical Africa, its presence is noted within the borders of Kenya. Its reach extends into China, specifically throughout the Southeast region of the country. Within Eastern Asia, the species can be found in both Taiwan and the Nansei-shotto islands. Finally, the distribution reaches as far as Australia, where it is documented in New South Wales.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Botanical Identification

Life history

The life history of Glycine tabacina is characterized by a perennial lifecycle, allowing the plant to persist through multiple growing seasons. As a perennial species, it possesses the biological capacity to survive beyond a single year, often establishing a stable presence in its natural habitat through vegetative persistence or specialized root structures. This long-term survival strategy enables the plant to endure seasonal fluctuations and re-emerge to complete its reproductive phases over several years, distinguishing its developmental pattern from strictly annual or biennial species.

Lifecycle :

perennial

Morphology

The morphology of Glycine tabacina is characterized by a growth form classified as a herb, specifically functioning as a non-woody forb. It is a self-supporting plant, exhibiting neither obligatory nor facultative climbing habits, as it does not require external structures like lianas or vines for support. The species maintains an independent existence, functioning as an independent organism rather than a parasite, and is strictly terrestrial in its habitat, showing no aquatic, semiaquatic, or epiphytic tendencies.

Aquatic :

terrestrial

Climber :

self-supporting

Epiphyte :

terrestrial

Growth form :

herb

Parasite :

independent

Woodiness :

non-woody

Physiology

The physiology of Glycine tabacina is characterized by a C3 photosynthetic pathway, which dictates its carbon fixation processes and metabolic efficiency. The plant exhibits a non-succulent morphology, lacking specialized water-storage tissues in its vegetative structures. Its foliar development is defined by relatively small leaf dimensions, with leaf lengths ranging from a minimum of 0.2 cm to a maximum of 0.5 cm. Furthermore, the leaf width reaches a maximum threshold of 0.7 cm, reflecting a compact structural organization in its photosynthetic organs.

Leaf length max:

0.5 cm

Leaf length min:

0.2 cm

Leaf width max:

0.7 cm

Photosynthetic pathway :

C3

Succulence :

no

Reproduction

The reproduction of Glycine tabacina is characterized by the production of fruit classified as a pod, which is a dehiscent structure that opens at maturity to release its seeds. The seeds themselves exhibit a specific range of mass, with a minimum weight of 0.0023974 g, a mean mass of 0.0043587 g, and a maximum mass of 0.00632 g. Dispersal of the species is primarily zoochorous, specifically utilizing an endozoochorous syndrome, where the seeds are dispersed via the internal passage through an animal host.

Dehiscence :

dehiscent

Dispersal syndrome :

zoochorous

Dispersal syndrome :

endozoochorous

Fruit type :

pod

Seed mass max:

0.00632 g

Seed mass mean:

0.0043587 g

Seed mass min:

0.0023974 g

Sources: Global Inventory of Floras and Traits (GIFT)

Activities

Glycine tabacina has 1 reported activities identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant.

Antioxidant

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Conditions

Glycine tabacina has 8 reported investigations on conditions identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include colitis, collagen-induced arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, nephritis, osteoporosis.

Colitis

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Collagen-induced arthritis

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Inflammatory bowel disease

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Nephritis

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Osteoporosis

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Oxidative stress

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Rheumatism

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Rheumatoid arthritis

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Preparations

Glycine tabacina has 2 reported preparations identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include Glycine tabacina ethanol extract, ethanol extract.

Glycine tabacina ethanol extract

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Ethanol extract

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology