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Vigna vexillata (L.)A.Rich.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna vexillata (L.)A.Rich. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos cylindricus Desv. {Synonym}
    Dolichos vexillatus (L.)Kunth {Synonym}
    Phaseolus capensis sensu Thunb. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus glycinaeformis Weinm. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus humifusus Savi {Synonym}
    Phaseolus pulniensis Wight {Synonym}
    Phaseolus quadriflorus A.Rich. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus sepiarius Dalzell {Synonym}
    Phaseolus vexillatus L. {Synonym}
    Plectrotropis hirsuta Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}
    Strophostyles capensis E.Mey. {Synonym}
    Vigna capensis (Thunb.)Burtt Davy {Synonym}
    Vigna carinalis Benth. {Synonym}
    Vigna crinita A.Rich. {Synonym}
    Vigna davyi Bolus {Synonym}
    Vigna dinteri Harms {Synonym}
    Vigna dolichoneura Harms {Synonym}
    Vigna golungensis Baker {Synonym}
    Vigna hirta Hook. {Synonym}
    Vigna lobatifolia Baker {Synonym}
    Vigna phaseoloides Baker {Synonym}
    Vigna scabra Sond. {Synonym}
    Vigna senegalensis A.Chev. {Synonym}
    Vigna thonningii Hook.f. {Synonym}
    Vigna tuberosa A.Rich. {Synonym}
    Vigna vexillata var. hirta (Hook.)Baker f. {Synonym}
    Vigna vexillata var. pluriflora Franch. {Synonym}
    Vigna vexillata var. thonningii (Hook.)Baker {Synonym}
    Vigna vexillata var. yunnanensis Franch. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bejuco Marrullero [1661]; Chorreque [1645]; Tokambahatsy [3402]; Tsiroko [3402]; Wal-lima [4751]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Botswana (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [212]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [210, 212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Liberia (N) [212]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [561]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Somalia (N) [8]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [29]; Swaziland (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [230]; Zambia (N) [8]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [1942]; China (N) [1179, 3424]; Anhui [3424]; Fujian [3424]; Guangdong [3424]; Guangxi [3424]; Guizhou [3424]; Jiangsu [3424]; Jiangxi [3424]; Sichuan [3424]; Yunnan [3424]; Zhejiang [3424]; Hainan (N) [3424]; India (N) [210, 261, 1944, 3017, 3027, 3028, 3031, 3043, 3094, 3101, 3119, 3140, 3142, 3143, 3144, 3366, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3590, 3614, 3667]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3031]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3667]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3614]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3101]; Manipur [3142]; Meghalaya [3043]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3143, 3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [210, 261]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Japan (N) [1930]; Korea (N) [2826]; Laos (N) [1942]; Malaysia (N) [210]; Myanmar (N) [3366]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2841]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957, 3705]; Taiwan (N) [1929]; Thailand (N) [1971]; Vietnam (N) [1942]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [210, 1880]; New South Wales [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (N) [2157]; Haiti (N) [2157]; Jamaica (N) [1056]
  Central America
Belize (U) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (U) [336, 1367, 1658]; El Salvador (N) [2156]; Guatemala (U) [1645]; Honduras (U) [336]; Mexico(South East) (U) [1117, 1188, 1645]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (U) [1222, 1224, 1243, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (U) [1982, 3402]
  Middle East
Yemen (N) [1939]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]
  South America
Brazil (U) [1103, 1231, 1233, 1414]; Colombia (U) [336, 1292]; Ecuador (U) [1229]; French Guiana (U) [1408]; Guyana (N) [2285]; Peru (U) [1442]; Surinam (N) [2285]; Venezuela (U) [1661]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands. [210];
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; woodland [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai woodland [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian woodland [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 261, 1645, 1790, 1929, 1938, 1942, 1947, 1957, 2157, 2876, 3348, 3402, 3424, 3705, 3898] ; Illustration [24, 220, 230, 1790, 1929, 1942, 1947, 2876, 3402, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [3402], Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Pasquet RS, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005

  
USES:
  Environmental [261, 2876, 3705]; Food and Drink [230, 336, 2876, 3030, 3034, 3142]; Forage [2876]; Medicine [230, 3034, 3402]

  
NOTES:
  Very variable in form. [261]
  Widespread in the Tropics. [261]
  Introduced, probably from Tropical Africa. [261]

  
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