Vigna heterophyllaA.Rich. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Vigna heterophyllaA.Rich. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Vigna vexillata
Vigna heterophylla
Flora
Entry for VIGNA heterophylla A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
VIGNA heterophyllaA. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Abyss. i. 218.
Information
Stems herbaceous, twining, densely clothed with deflexed bristly ferruginous hairs. Stipules small, ovate. Petioles 2–3 in. long, densely clothed like the stem; leaflets 3, the central one ovate, 2–3 in. long, subacute, mucronate, petiolule 1/2 in. long, lateral ones slightly unequal-sided, both sides scabrous with short grey or ferruginous hairs. Peduncles 2–3 in. long, densely silky, 3–5-flowered. Pedicels very short; bracteoles setaceous, shorter than the calyx, which is 1/4 in. deep, densely ferruginous-silky; teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the two upper ones connate. Corolla red, twice the calyx; standard densely silky on the outside; keel truncate. Pod linear, densely ferruginous-silky, not seen mature.
