Cleome gynandra L., commonly known as cat's whiskers, is an erect, branched, annual herb, belonging to the family Cleomaceae. The species is thought to have originated in tropical Africa and Southeast Asia, and thereafter have spread to other tropical and subtropical countries in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Cat's whiskers is a highly nutritious vegetable and also possesses numerous medicinal values, yet it is considered as a neglected and underutilized weed species (NUS) in most of the world. In India, C. gynandra is recorded in Assam, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh. There is no earlier report of this species in West Bengal, India. This report is the first record of natural occurrence of C. gynandra in West Bengal, India. The main objective of this report is to provide valid information about the invasion and naturalization of this species in a new geographical area supported with suitable data. Global distribution data of cat's whiskers was retrieved from available web resources and mapped using Quantum GIS software in order to validate the de novo nature of occurrence of this species in this region.

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对非洲被忽视和利用不足的杂草物种Cleome gynandra L.（猫须）发生记录的全面研究，验证了印度西孟加拉邦的生态地理范围扩展

Cleome gynandra L.，通常被称为猫须，是一种直立的，分枝的一年生草本植物，属于醉蝶科。该物种被认为起源于热带非洲和东南亚，此后已扩散到北半球和南半球的其他热带和亚热带国家。猫须晶是一种营养丰富的蔬菜，还具有许多药用价值，但在世界大多数地区，猫须晶被认为是一种被忽视和利用不足的杂草物种（NUS）。在印度，C。gynandra记录在阿萨姆邦，古吉拉特邦，喀拉拉邦，马哈拉施特拉邦，拉贾斯坦邦，泰米尔纳德邦和北方邦。印度西孟加拉邦没有该物种的早期报道。该报告是自然发生的C. gynandra的第一个记录。在印度西孟加拉邦。本报告的主要目的是提供有关该物种在新地理区域内入侵和归化的有效信息，并提供适当的数据。从可用的网络资源中检索了猫须的全球分布数据，并使用Quantum GIS软件对其进行了映射，以验证该物种在该地区出现的从头性质。