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Vigna oblongifolia A.Rich.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna oblongifolia A.Rich. [Accepted]
    Vigna lancifolia A.Rich. {Synonym}
    Vigna parviflora Baker {Synonym}
    Vigna wilmsii Burtt Davy {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [216]; Botswana (N) [210]
    Burundi (N) [336]; Cameroon (N) [336]; Ethiopia (N) [210]
    Ghana (N) [8]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [216]; Nigeria (N) [210]
    Rwanda (N) [220]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]
    Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
    Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    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: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Two varieties, oblongifolia & parviflora (FTEA, ref.210).
  Nodulation data also from Vigna wilmsii Burtt Davy [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

216.

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

220.

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

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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