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Vigna nilotica

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Identification
Vigna nilotica Hook. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Vigna senegalensis A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Verified by Hepper, Dolichos niloticus unrecorded [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Dolichos nilotica
  • Vigna vexillata
  • Vigna senegalensis
  • Vigna nilotica
  • Dolichos niloticus

Flora

Entry for Vigna luteola (Jacq.) 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 luteola (Jacq.) Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Mart. Fl. Bras. 15: 194, t. 50, fig. 2 (1859), not of F.T.A. 2: 205; Bak. f. l.c. 401; Wilczek l.c. 363.
Dolichos luteolus Jacq. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1770)
D. niloticus Del. [family ], (1813)
Vigna nilotica (Del.) Hook. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1849) — F.T.A2: 204; Bakfl.c404; not of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 409
Vigna nigerica A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1944).
Information
A twiner with yellow flowers; in waste places.
Habitat
; in waste places.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa and America
Distribution
Sen. Marsosoun, Casamance (fl. & fr. Feb.) Chev. 3407!S. L. Yakban, Mambolo (fl. & fr. Nov.) Jordan 954! Kiragba, Samu (Sept.) Jordan 922! Bonthe (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Deighton 2322! Mahera (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Deighton 5687!Lib. Roberts Field (fl. & fr. Jan.) Baldwin 14042!Dah. Karimana (fl. & fr. Nov.) Arnaud.

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