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Dolichos obliquifolius

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Identification
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Dolichos obliquifolius Schnitzl. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Dolichos obliquifolius
  • Vigna catjang
  • Vigna unguiculata
  • Dolichos sp.

Flora

Entry for Vigna unguiculata var. spontanea Schweinf. Pasquet [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Vigna unguiculata var. spontanea Schweinf. Pasquet [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 62: 155 (1993). Type from Eritrea.
Dolichos obliquifolius Schnizl. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Flora 25, part 1, Beibl.: 145 (1842). Type from Sudan.
Vigna brachycalyx Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 310 (1890). Type from Madagascar.
Vigna sinensis var. spontanea Schweinf. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Herb. Boissier 4, app. 2: 260 (1896).
Liebrechtsia scabra De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., Sér. IV [Études Fl. Katanga] 1: 75 (1902). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo.
Phaseolus mungo [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., Sér. V [Études Fl. Bas-Moyen-Congo] 1: 155 (1904) pro parte non L.
Vigna sinensis var. catjang [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Chiov. in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 438 (1908) non Dolichos catjang Burm.f.
Vigna scabra De Wild. T. & H. Durand [family LEGUMINOSAE], Syll. Fl. Congol.: 152 (1909). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 416 (1929).
Vigna angustifolia [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., Sér. V [Études Fl. Bas-Moyen-Congo] 3: 415 (1912) non Hook.f.
Vigna dekindtiana [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Baker f., Legum. Trop. Africa: 407 (1929) non Harms pro parte.
Vigna scabrida Burtt Davy [family LEGUMINOSAE], Fl. Pl. Ferns Transvaal, part 2: xxxiv, 421 (1932). Type from South Africa.
Vigna dekindtiana [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Brenan in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 410 (1954) pro parte. —Binns, First Check List Herb. Fl. Malawi: 86 (1968).
Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 544 (1970), pro parte, excl. syn. Clitoria alba G. Don, Vigna baoulensis A. Chev., Vigna coerulea Baker, Vigna dekindtiana Harms., Vigna huillensis Baker; in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 644 (1971) pro parte. —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 229 (1972) pro parte. —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 447 (1989) pro parte.
Vigna unguiculata var. dekindtiana [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier in Boissiera 28: 193 (1978), pro parte, excl. syn. Clitoria alba G. Don, Vigna baoulensis A. Chev., Vigna coerulea Baker, Vigna dekindtiana Harms., Vigna huillensis Baker. —Pienaar in S. African J. Bot. 58: 421 (1992). —Mithen in Kirkia 14: 111 (1993).
Dolichos hastifolius Schnizl. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Flora 25, part 1, Beibl.: 146 (1842) non Stokes. Type from Sudan.
Information
Wild, or sometimes as a weed, usually annual, (perennial in the Indian Ocean coastal forest belt). Stem glabrous, scabrous when young, rarely with scattered pubescence. Peduncle 0.5–3 mm wide; rhachis 0.7–3 cm long, 4–8-noded, internodes 1–6 mm long, scabrous. Flower not scented, 15–23 mm long. Calyx glabrous; lobes 1.5–4 mm long. Keel with a short beak, slightly twisted towards the right (while looking at the keel from the standard). Ovary 16–18-ovuled. Pod scabrous, less than 10 cm long and 5 mm wide.
Habitat
Savanna, especially in disturbed areas, often as a weed
Range
Northwards to Senegal, Chad, Eritrea and Yemen, southwards to Namibia and South Africa
Altitude range
0–1400 m.
1400
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Distribution
Mozambique M Planicie de Xanguamine, Magudi, fl. 9.ix.1946, Pimenta s.n. (LISC).Mozambique Z Pebane ao km 43, estrada para Mualama, 30 m, fr. 15.i.1968, Torre & Correia 17142 (LISC).Malawi S Chikwawa Distr., Lengwe Game Reserve, 1 km from Camp, 100 m, fl. & fr. 6.iii.1970, Brummitt 8924 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Salima Distr., Lifidzi Goat Breeding Centre, fl. 20.iv.1985, Balaka & Tawakali 1075 (K).Zimbabwe S Chipinge Distr., Save (Sabi) Valley Experimental Station, fr. x.1959, Soane 110 (SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Vumba, grassland by Lawrenceville road, 29.iii.1987, Mithen 55 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Hwange Distr., Kazungula, fr. iv.1955, R.M. Davies 1120 (K).Zambia E Chipata Distr., 8 km south of Mfuwe near Nsefu, 600 m, fr. 23.v.1970, Staples 590 (SRGH).Zambia N Kasama Distr., 169 km east of Kasama, 6.vi.1962, E.A. Robinson 5162 (K; SRGH).Botswana SE 15 km east of Serowe, by sandstone rocks, 10.iv.1988, Mithen 621 (GAB; K; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique N Moma, Régulo Lipito, fl. 14.vii.1948, Pedro & Pedrógão 4484 (EA).Malawi N Karonga Distr., edge of Sangilo Hills, 8 km north of Livingstonia Escarpment base, 518 m, fl. & fr. 20.iv.1972, Pawek 5142 (K; MO; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Hurungwe Distr., Zambezi Valley, Chirundu road at thicket edge, 518 m, fl. & fr. 25.ii.1953, Wild 4045 (K; LISC; MO; SRGH).Zambia B Kauga, near Mashi River on Angola border, fl. 4.iv.1962, Mubita & Reynolds B82 (SRGH).Botswana N foot of Gcwihaba (Xwihaba) Hill, fr. 21.iv.1980, P.A. Smith 3368 (K; PRE; SRGH).Caprivi Strip Popa Falls camp, along path to view rapids, fr. 17.iii.1991, Pienaar 1387 (K; PRE).Zambia S Namwala Distr., old Nkala Mission, old village site, fr. 17.iv.1964, Mitchell 25/32 (K; SRGH).
Notes
Although the different V. unguiculata perennial subspecies are well separated according to their morphology, geographical distribution and ecological requirements, they all intergrade with subsp. unguiculata which lead to numerous intermediate specimens. Mithen 55, for example, which exists also as a living accession, is obviously intermediate with subsp. tenuis.

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