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Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis (L.)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis (L.)Verdc. [Accepted]
    Vigna sinensis ssp. sesquipedalis (L.)Eselt. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Asparagus bean [210]; Yard-long bean [210]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  A cultivar group of ssp. unguiculata (Marechal et al,ref.336).


DATA SOURCES:

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

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

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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