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Vigna huillensis

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Type of Vigna huillensis Welw. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Holotype of Vigna huillensis Welw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAP]
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Identification
Vigna huillensis Welw. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Vigna unguiculata (Harms) Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Vigna unguiculata
  • Vigna huillensis

Flora

Entry for VIGNA huillensis Welw. [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 huillensis Welw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], mss.
Information
Stems wide-twining slender glabrous. Stipules deltoid, 1/4 in. persistent, distinctly spurred. Petioles 3/4–1 in.; leaflets 3, acute, subcoriaceous, glabrous with raised veinlets on both sides; end one linear lanceolate or ovate-rhomboidal, 2–3 in. long; petiolule 3–4 lines; lateral ones often unequal-sided. Flowers 1–3 sessile at the point of flexuose glabrous peduncles 1–1 1/2 in. long. Calyx 3/8 in., glabrous, rugose-plicate, clasped by a pair of subpersistent round bracteoles at the base; teeth deltoid shorter than the tube. Corolla light rose-violet above an inch deep; keel with a prolonged recurved beak. Pod linear glabrous nearly straight, not seen mature.
Distribution
Lower Guinea Highlands of Huilla, 4000–5000 feet, Dr. Welwitsch!

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