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Vigna capensis

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Identification
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Pienaar, B., Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Verified by Pienaar, B., Vigna capensis Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Dolichos angustifolius
  • Vigna vexillata
  • Strophostyles capensis
  • Vigna capensis
  • Vigna membranaceae

Flora

Entry for Vigna vexillata (Linn.) Benth. [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 vexillata (Linn.) Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], — F.T.A 2: 199 (incl. vars. α and ß); Bak. f. l.c. 413; Chev. Bot. 202; Wilczek l.c. 379, t. 29, fig. 18C.
Phaseolus vexillatus Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1753).
Plectrotropis angustifolia Schum. & Thonn. [family ], (1827)
Vigna angustifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Hook. f [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1849) — F.W.T.Aed1, 1: 409; Bakfl.c
Plectrotropis hirsuta Schum. & Thonn. [family ], (1827), not Vigna hirsuta Feay ex Wood (1861).
Strophostylis capensis E. Mey. [family ], (1835)
Vigna capensis (E. Mey.) Walp. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1839) — Berhaut FlSen20
Vigna thonningii Hook. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1849) — F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 409; Bakfl.c
Vigna senegalensis A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1944).
Information
Stems twining or prostrate, root tuberous and spindle-shaped, flowers pink or purplish turning yellow.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa and America
Distribution
Sen. Döllinger!Roger! Walo country (fl. 8 fr. Feb.) Perrottet 227!Gam. Brown-Lester 41!S. L. Regent (Dec.) Sc. Elliot 4113! Gene (Nov.) Deighton 462! Njala (Dec.) Deighton 1578! Baoma (fr. Dec.) Deighton 3469!Lib. Kakatown Whyte! Gbau, Sanokwele (Sept.) Baldwin 9426! Monrovia (fr. Dec.) Baldwin 10509! Brewer舗s Landing (Nov.) Linder 1402!IV. C. Bingerville Chev. 16053; 16100. Cavally Chev. 19557.G. C. Cape Coast (July) T. Vogel 52! 64! Achimota (fr. Jan.) Irvine 1943! Morton GC 6122! Aburi Scarp (Nov.) Morton GC 6112! Akuse (Oct.) Morton A. 98!Togo Kpedsu (fl. & fr. Dec.) Howes 1045!N. Nig. Lokoja Barter! Abinsi (Dec.) Dalz. 619! Kontagora (Oct.) Dalz. 31! Benue R. (Oct.) Parsons L. 57!S. Nig. Onitsha (Aug.) Jones FHI 6146!F. Po T. Vogel 222!
Notes
[V. angustifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Hook. f. with linear leaflets about 1 cm. broad, and V. thonningii Hook. f. a coastal form with ovate leaflets, have been separated from V. vexillata, but there is great variation in leaf-shape.]

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