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Dolichos uncinatus

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Identification
Dolichos uncinatus L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ] Verified by W. Fawcett,
Related name
  • Teramnus volubilis
  • Vigna luteola
  • Vigna repens
  • Dolichos uncinatus
  • Teramnus uncinatus

Flora

Entry for LABLAB purpureus (L.) Sweet [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
LABLAB purpureus (L.) Sweet [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1827);
Dolichos purpureus L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1763). Fig. 234. [type as above]
Dolichos lablab L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1753);
Lablab niger Medik. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1787). [type as above]
Dolichos uncinatus Schweinf. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1896), nom. illeg., non L.;
Dolichos lablab (Schweinf.) Chiov. var. uncinatus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 440 (1908), nom. illeg. [type as above]
Lablab niger (Steud.) Cuf. var. crenatifructus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Cuf. Enum: 339 (1955) & Zweiter Nachtrag: 25 (1969), both nom. invalid.
Lablab niger (A. Rich.) Cuf. var. uncinatus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Cuf. Enum: 339 (1955) & Zweiter Nachtrag: 25 (1969), both nom. invalid.
Information
Stems pubescent or glabrous. Leaflets ovate-triangular, 2.5–15 x 1.5–14 cm, acuminate. Rhachis of inflorescence 4–20 cm long; peduncle 2–40 cm long; bracteoles elliptic or round, 4–6(–8) mm long. Calyx glabrous or pubescent; tube 3–4 mm long; lobes 2–4 mm long. Standard crimson, purple or white, 1.2–1.5 cm long. Pods oblong-falcate to linear-oblong, 3.5–14 x 1.2–4 cm, 2–5-seeded, pubescent or glabrescent.
Range
N2; S1, 3 throughout tropical Africa and south to E Cape Province.
Altitude range
200–1800 m.
Notes
Hyacinth bean, bonavist bean (Eng.). The Somali plants probably belong to subsp. uncinatus Verdc. with pods c. 4.5 x 1.5 cm. Subsp. purpureus, with larger pods, otherwise is the most widely cultivated taxon.

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