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Vigna pubescens

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Identification
Vigna pubescens R.Wilczek [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Vigna unguiculata subsp. pubescens R. Wilczek Pasquet [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Vigna unguiculata subsp. pubescens R. Wilczek Pasquet [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 62: 164 (1993). Type from eastern Dem. Rep. Congo.
Vigna pubescens R. Wilczek [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 24: 442 (1954); in F.C.B. 6: 386 (1954). —Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 646 (1971).
Vigna unguiculata var. pubescens R. Wilczek Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Taxon 27: 200 (1978); in Boissiera 28: 195 (1978).
Vigna unguiculata subsp. protracta [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Pienaar in S. African J. Bot. 58: 420 (1992) pro parte.
Vigna unguiculata var. protracta [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Mithen in Kirkia 14: 110 (1993) pro parte non (E. Mey.) Verdc.
Information
Annual or perennial. Stem stout, densely pubescent with short appressed white hairs. Rhachis of inflorescence 2–6.5 cm long, 5–12-noded, internodes 6–15 mm long, pubescent. Flower 17–24 mm long. Calyx pubescent; lobes 1.5–5 mm long, deltate. Keel slightly incurved towards the right (while looking at the keel from the standard), the beak short. Ovary 13–17 ovuled. Pod covered with a short dense and appressed pubescence of tubercle-based hairs.
Habitat
Grassland and savanna, usually near water
Altitude range
0–1200 m.
1200
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Distribution
Mozambique M Manhiça Distr., Alvor, fr. 1.iii.1952, Barbosa & Carvalho 4870 (LISC).Mozambique MS Gorongosa Distr., Chitengo, fl. & fr. 6.xi.1965, Balsinhas 1034 (COI).Mozambique N Mueda Distr., Chomba, fl. 25.ix.1948, Pedro & Pedrógão 5337 (EA).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania

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