Lonchocarpus cyanescens

Lonchocarpus cyanescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Lonchocarpus
Species: L. cyanescens
Binomial name
Lonchocarpus cyanescens
Perkin

Lonchocarpus cyanescens is a species of shrub from Fabaceae family. It is commonly known as elo and anunu by Igbo people in Yoruba, as talaki in Hausa, sauru in Tiv and as ebelu by the Edo people. It was discovered by William Henry Perkin in 1856 and is used for dye making.[1]

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