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Vigna uliginosa

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Identification
Vigna uliginosa R. Vig. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Vigna oblongifolia A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Labat, J.-N.,
Related name
  • Vigna uliginosa
  • Vigna oblongifolia

Flora

Entry for Vigna oblongifolia var. parviflora Welw. ex Baker Verdc. [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 oblongifolia var. parviflora Welw. ex Baker Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 24: 528 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 629 (1971). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 229 (1972). —Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier in Boissiera 28: 168 (1978). Type from Angola.
Vigna parviflora Welw. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.T.A. 2: 201 (1871). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 399 (1929). —Wilczek in F.C.B. 6: 361 (1954). —Torre in C.F.A. 3: 265 (1966). —Binns, First Check List Herb. Fl. Malawi: 86 (1968). —Richards & Morony, Check List Fl. Mbala & Distr.: 127 (1969). —Schreiber in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW. Afrika, fam. 60: 123 (1970).
Vigna hygrophila Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 449 (1913). Type from Namibia.
Vigna uliginosa R. Vig. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 178 (1952). Type from Madagascar.
Information
Leaflets 3–9 × 0.2–2 cm, ovate to linear-lanceolate. Flower 6–8 × c. 8 mm. Calyx tube 1–1.5 mm long; lobes 1–1.5 mm long. Pods 2.5–4 cm × 2.5–3 mm, pubescent. Seed 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm.
Habitat
Seasonally flooded grassland, aquatic grassland, shores of lakes, banks of rivers, cultivated land
Altitude range
900–1700 m.
1700
900
Distribution
Zimbabwe W Bulawayo, fl. iv.1955, O.B. Miller 2714 (K; SRGH).Zambia S 19 km north of Choma on road to Namwala, fl. & fr. 17.iii.1956, E.A. Robinson 1365 (K; SRGH).Zambia C 10 km east of Lusaka, fl. 22.ii.1957, Noak 121 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Lake Mweru, below Kapindi, 1050 m, fl. & fr. 16.iv.1957, Richards 9134 (K).Malawi S Machinga Distr., Liwonde, banks of Shire River, fl. 20.iv.1956, G. Jackson 1852 (K).Zambia B Mongu, fr. 30.iii.1966, E.A. Robinson 6901 (K).Zimbabwe N Sengwa Research Station, fl. 2.v.1969, N. Jacobsen 645 (K; SRGH).Botswana N Ngamiland Distr., Xaudum (Chadum) Valley, 16 km west of Nxaunxau (Knau Knau), fl. 14.iii.1965, Wild & Drummond 7011 (K; SRGH).Caprivi Strip 5 km west of Runtu on road to Mupini, fl. 3.iii.1956, de Winter & Marais 4928 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Dem. Rep. Congo
Rwanda
Angola
Madagascar

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