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Dolichos unguiculatus

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Identification
Dolichos unguiculatus L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Dolichos unguiculatus
  • Vigna unguiculata
  • Dolichos indet.

Flora

Entry for Vigna unguiculata (Linn.) Walp. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Vigna unguiculata (Linn.) Walp. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Rep. 1: 779 (1842); Wilczek l.c. 387, t. 30.
Dolichos unguiculatus Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1753)
D. biflorus Linn. [family ], (1753) — Brenan in Mem N.YBotGard8: 415 (1954); not of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 410
D. sinensis Linn. [family ], (1756)
Vigna sinensis (Linn.) Savi ex Hassk. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1844) — F.T.A2: 204; Bakfl.c407; Merrill InterprRumphHerbAmboin284; AChevin RevBotAppliq24: 128 (1944); ChevBot201
Vigna baoulensis A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1912)There are numerous other synonyms.
Information
Stems annual but often stout, subglabrous, twining on trees, etc.; flowers white and mauve-tinged or pink or yellow.
Range
Widespread in the tropics
Distribution
Port. G. Pussube, Bissau (fr. Nov.) Esp. Santo 998! Antula, Bissau (Oct.) Esp. Santo 2537!Fr. G. Macenta (Oct.) Baldwin 9846!S. L. Bumbuna (fl. & fr. Oct.) Thomas 3452! Gegbwema (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Deighton 3820! Musaia (fr. Nov., Dec.) Glanville 375!Lib. Gbanga (Sept.) Linder 539!IV. C. Marabadiassa Chev. 22032! Kodiokoffi Chev. 22356!G. C. Cape Coast (fr. July) T. Vogel 47! Techiman, Ejura (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Morton GC 9556! Kumasi (fr. Oct.) Baldwin 13463!Fr. Nig. Niamey (fr. Oct.) Hagerup 534!N. Nig. Sokoto (fr. Oct.) Dalz. 318! Katagum Dalz. 36!S. Nig. Ibadan (fl. & fr. Nov.) Meikle 662!
Notes
[The specimens cited here are of the wild, short-and narrow-fruited form (syn. V. baoulensis A. Chev.); the commonly cultivated forms which have long and broad fruits, if regarded as a distinct species, should bear the name V. sinensis (Linn.) Savi ex Hassk., vide Merrill l.c. and Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 24: 139–145 (1944).]

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