Vigna frutescens var. frutescens [family LEGUMINOSAE], —Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 648 (1971). —Gonçalves in Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 5: 119 (1982). —Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier in Boissiera 28: 189 (1978).
Vigna debanensis Martelli [family LEGUMINOSAE], Fl. Bogos: 28 (1886). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 405 (1929). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 441 (1989). Type from Eritrea.
Liebrechtsia esculenta De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., Sér. IV [Études Fl. Katanga] 1: 74, t. 25/1–10 (1902). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo.
Vigna flagrans Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 146 (1908). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 406 (1929). Type from Uganda.
Vigna esculenta De Wild. De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in T. & H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol.: 151 (1909). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 415 (1929). —Brenan in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 410 (1954). —Wilczek in F.C.B. 6: 373 (1954). —Binns, First Check List Herb. Fl. Malawi: 86 (1968).
Vigna pseudotriloba Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 208 (1911). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 406 (1929). —A. Schreiber in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW. Afrika, fam. 60: 122 (1970). Type from Namibia.
Vigna ledermannii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 450 (1913). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 416 (1929). Type from Cameroon.
Vigna glandulosa Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 384 (1915). Type from Ethiopia.
Vigna spp. [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 384 (1916) pro parte quoad Allen 160.
Vigna violacea Hutch. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1921: 247 (1921). —Hutchinson & Dalziel, F.W.T.A. 1: 409 (1928). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 405 (1929). —Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 568 (1958). Type from Nigeria.
Vigna keniensis Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 88 (1927). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 405 (1929). Type from Kenya.
Vigna taubertii Volkens ex Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 88 (1927). —Suessenguth & Merxmüller in Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 26 (1951). Type from Tanzania.
Vigna longiloba Burtt Davy [family LEGUMINOSAE], Fl. Pl. Ferns Transvaal, part 2: xxxiv, 421 (1932). Type from South Africa.
Vigna pongolensis Burtt Davy [family LEGUMINOSAE], Fl. Pl. Ferns Transvaal, part 2: xxxiv, 421 (1932). Type from South Africa.
Vigna sudanica Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in J. Bot. 73: 295 (1935). Type from Sudan.
Vigna decipiens Harv. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.C. 2: 241 (1862). —Burtt Davy, Fl. Pl. Ferns Transvaal, part 2: 420 (1932). —J.H. Ross, Fl. Natal: 208 (1973). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 441 (1989). Type from South Africa.
Vigna harmsiana Buscalioni & Muschler [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 473 (1913). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 405 (1929). —Wilczek in F.C.B. 6: 353 (1954). Type from Rwanda.