Island Pea

Christia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Geographical distribution

Tropical & Subtropical Asia, including

• Ryukyu Island
• Taiwan
• Indochina
• Malaysia
• Indonesia
• Vietnam
• Laos
• Cambodia
• Thailand
• India
• China
• Northern Australia

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The genus is also naturalized in Fiji and on some Caribbean islands such as St. Vincent, Martinique, Jamaica and St. Kitts.^[2]

Species

• Christia australasica (Schindl.) Bakh.f
• Christia constricta (Schindl.) T.C.Chen
• Christia convallaria (Schindl.) Ohashi
• Christia hainanensis Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
• Christia lychnucha (Schindl.) Ohashi
• Christia obcordata (Poir.) Bakh.f.
• Christia paniculata (Wall. ex Benth.) Thoth.
• Christia parviflora (Schindl.) Bakh.f.
• Christia pierrei (Schindl.) Ohashi
• Christia vespertilionis (L.f.) Bakh.f.
• Christia zollingeri (Schindl.) Bakh.f.

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