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Vigna umbellata (Thunb.)Ohwi & Ohashi

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna umbellata (Thunb.)Ohwi & Ohashi [Accepted]
    Azukia Ohwi umbellata (Thunb.)Ohwi {Synonym}
    Phaseolus L. calcaratus Roxb. {Synonym}
    Vigna calcarata (Roxb.)Kurz {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ghana (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [210]; Mali (N) [561]
    Sierra Leone (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Zaire (I) [8]
    Zambia (I) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [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:
  Food and Drink; Medicine; Forage; Environmental

  
NOTES:
  Nodulation data also from Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb. [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

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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