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Vigna mungo (L.)Hepper

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna mungo (L.)Hepper [Accepted]
    Azukia Ohwi mungo (L.)Masam. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus L. mungo L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Black gram [210]; Urd [210]; Urid [336]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Gabon (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]
    Zaire (I) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink; Medicine; Environmental

  
NOTES:
  Nodulation data also from Phaseolus mungo L. [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

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

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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