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Vigna frutescens A.Rich.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna frutescens A.Rich. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Botswana (N) [210]
    Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]
    Mali (I) [561]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [210]
    Rwanda (N) [220]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]
    Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [230]
    Zambia (N) [8]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket [210]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [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]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Three subspecies, frutescens,kotschyi, incana (FTEA, ref.210).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

   Lock,J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

23.

   Ern,H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

220.

   Troupin,G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda
    Flore du Rwanda

230.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

561.

   Boudet,G. & Lebrun,J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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