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Vigna gracilis (Guillemin & Perrottet)Hook.f.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna gracilis (Guillemin & Perrottet)Hook.f. [Accepted]
    Vigna occidentalis Baker f. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [216]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Congo (N) [336]
    Gabon (N) [8]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [8]
    Guinea (N) [8]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]
    Ivory Coast (N) [8,336]; Liberia (N) [212]
    Mali (N) [212]; Nigeria (N) [212]
    Sao Tome & Principe (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [212]
    Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Zaire (N) [212,230]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands. [212]
    Guineo-Congolian grasslands [212], Sudanian grasslands [212]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Two varieties (Marechal et al., ref.336).
  Material similar to this coll.Uganda (Rose 10082;Liebenberg 1044, both K).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

212.

   Hepper,F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

216.

   Torre,A.R. et al., 1966
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez

230.

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

336.

   Marechal,R. et al., 1978
    Boissiera 28:1-273 ...Phaseolus et Vigna...
    Boissiera 28:1-273 ...Phaseolus et Vigna...

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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