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Vigna nigritia

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Name

Identification
Vigna nigritia Hook.f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Torre,A., Vigna pubigera Baker,f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Vigna racemosa
  • Vigna luteola
  • Vigna nigritia
  • Vigna pubigera
  • Vigna tisserantii
Common name
  • bambe (JB) (SENEGAL, FULA-TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Vigna nigritia Hook. f. [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 nigritia Hook. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Fl. Nigrit. 310 (1849); Wilczek l.c 358, fig. 18A.
Vigna pubigera var. gossweileri Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1928)
Vigna tisseranti A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1944), not of Pellegrin (1944)
Vigna villosa [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], of F.T.A2: 206, partly
Vigna racemosa [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 409, partly.
Information
A climber; flowers pink; in savannah.
Habitat
; in savannah.
Distribution
S. L. Samu country Sc. Elliot 5918!Iv. C. Bouakro to Alangouassou Chev. 22219.G. C. Ejura (fl. & fr. Dec.) Morton GC 9514! Gambaga (Apr.) Morton GC 9044!N. Nig. T. Vogel 14!S. Nig. Lagos (Oct.) Punch 37! Usonigbe F.R., Benin (fl. 8 fr. Oct.) Keay 8 Onochie FHI 19693!
Distribution (external)
Ubangi-Shari
Belgian Congo
Angola

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