Neonotonia wightii
# Neonotonia wightii

Neonotonia wightii, the perennial soybean, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to sub‑Saharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Sri Lanka, and widely introduced as a forage in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, the Mascarene Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, and Fiji. It is shade tolerant.

## Subtaxa

The following subtaxa are accepted:

* Neonotonia wightii var. longicauda (Schweinf.) J.A.Lackey
* Neonotonia wightii var. mearnsii (De Wild.) J.A.Lackey
* Neonotonia wightii subsp. petitiana (A.Rich.) J.A.Lackey
* Neonotonia wightii subsp. pseudojavanica (Taub.) J.A.Lackey
* Neonotonia wightii subsp. wightii
