Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhynchosia minima
frijolillo, poroto papúa, rhynchosia, climbing pea, crabseye
Perennial vine or rarely the plant erect, stems herbaceous, lingnescent, puberulent to glabrous; leaves 3-foliolate; stipels linear-lanceolate, 1-3 mm long, leaflets with resinous dots on lower surface; flowers about 5-7 mm long, yellow; fruit sessile, 1 or 2-seeded (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
A common, widespread, pantropical and subtropical weed occupying diverse habitats (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Rhynchosia
Species
minima
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Rhynchosia aureo-guttata Andersson, R. exigua Andersson, R. punctata DC. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics (POWO, 2023).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhynchosia minima", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=552. Accessed 30 October 2026.