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Vigna umbellata var. umbellata (Thunb.)Ohwi & H.Ohashi

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna umbellata var. umbellata (Thunb.)Ohwi & H.Ohashi [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Rice Bean [1942, 3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Cambodia (N) [1942]; China (N) [1942]; India (N) [1942]; Laos (N) [1942]; Philippines (N) [1942]; Thailand (N) [1971]; Vietnam (N) [1942]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1942, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3402] ; Habit: Herb [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402] ; Source(s): 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1942, 3402]; Forage [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1942.

  Thuan, N., 1979
    In:Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam. Vol.17

1971.

  Craib, W.G., 1928
    Florae Siamensis Enumeratio, vol 1, Part 3. Bangkok: Siam So

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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