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Vigna unguiculata (L.)Walp.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna unguiculata (L.)Walp. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos unguiculata L. {Synonym}
    Dolichos unguiculatus L. {Synonym}
    Vigna catjang Savi {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Antaka [3402]; Asparagus Bean [336]; Avokondrana [3402]; Barbati [2264]; Black Eye Pea [1941]; Boeme [1941]; Catjang [210, 261, 336, 1915]; Caupi [1645]; Common Cowpea [2908]; Cow Pea [210, 261, 1941, 2264]; Cowpea [210, 336, 1645, 3402]; Frijol De Vaca [2157]; Frijol De Vara [3348]; Kulthi [2264]; Li-me [3705]; Lozy [3402]; Mahalaindolo [3402]; Me-karal [3705]; Mil-me [3705]; Pois Inconnu [2157]; Pois Liane [2157]; Pois Manger Cochon [2157]; Voahimba [3402]; Voanemba [3402]; Voatsirokonangatra [3402]; Voeme [3053]; Wanduru-me [3705]; Wild Cow Pea [261]; Yard Long Bean [336, 1941]; Yard-long Bean [261]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Botswana (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Djibouti (N) [1765]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Gambia The (N) [8]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Liberia (N) [212]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [561]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Namibia (N) [232]; Niger (N) [212]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (N) [336]; Sudan (N) [29]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]
  Asia
Afghanistan (I) [1939]; Bangladesh (I) [3366]; Cambodia (I) [1942]; China (U) [3424]; India (I) [1914, 2908, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3031, 3040, 3092, 3094, 3116, 3140, 3144, 3366, 3370, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3370]; Bihar [3031]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3374]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3116]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3378]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [1969]; Iran (I) [1939]; Iraq (I) [1939]; Laos (I) [1942]; Myanmar (I) [3366]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Philippines (I) [1979]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (I) [3705]; Thailand (I) [1971]; Vietnam (I) [1942]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1790]; Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Haiti (I) [2157]
  Central America
El Salvador (I) [2156]; Guatemala (I) [1645]; Nicaragua (I) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (U) [1941]; Amirantes Group [1941]; Astove I [1941]; Coetivy I [1941]; Comoro Is (U) [3054, 4747]; Anjouan I [4747]; Grande Comore I [4747]; Laccadive Is (I) [3379]; Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  Middle East
Yemen (I) [1939]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; Alabama [3157]; Arkansas [3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; North Carolina [3157]; South Carolina [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (I) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Niue (U) [2266]; Society Is (I) [2968]
  South America
French Guiana (I) [2285]; Guyana (I) [2285]; Peru (U) [2090]; Surinam (I) [2285]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai woodland [210];
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian woodland [210];
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 261, 1790, 1862, 1919, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1952, 2157, 3026, 3055, 3348, 3402, 3424, 3705, 3715] ; Illustration [210, 230, 261, 1919, 1942, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [3055] [3402], Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Pasquet RS, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [261] [1941] [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [1941] [3402], Perennial [261] [1941] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1998 Heald J

  
USES:
  Environmental [261]; Food and Drink [210, 261, 1942, 2266, 3030, 3402]; Forage [1862, 2908, 3030]; Medicine [1862, 3030, 3034]; Weed [3090]

  
NOTES:
  Marechal et al. recognise two more ssp.:stenophylla & tenuis. [336]
  Marechal et al. place sesquipedalis & cylindrica as 'cultivar groups'. [336]
  Marechal et al. place ssp.mensensis as a var. of ssp.dekindtiana. [336]
  Many forms and cultivar groups; several rival classification systems. [1942]
  Not native to Asia; wild forms found only in Africa. [2832]
  Widely cultivated in the Tropics. [261]
  Several varieties are cultivated. [3055]
  Native to Tropical Asia. [3090]
  Native to Africa. [1915]

  
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