Description
The native range of this species is Mexico to W. South America and Tobago. It is a scrambling annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
It is introduced in India as it is used as animal food and has environmental uses as it is used as a cover for ground to prevent soil erosion and to improve soil quality.
Sources: POWO, FOI.
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