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Identification
Phaseolus sublobatus Roxb. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Vigna radiata (Roxb.) Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Vigna trinervior
  • Vigna radiata
  • Phaseolus sublobatus

Flora

Entry for Vigna radiata var. sublobata Roxb. 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 radiata var. sublobata Roxb. Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 24: 559 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 656 (1971) —Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier in Boissiera 28: 210 (1978). Type from India.
Phaseolus sublobatus Roxb. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Carey, Fl. Indica 3: 288 (1832).
Phaseolus trinervius Wight & Arn. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Orient 1: 245 (1834). —J.G. Baker in F.T.A. 2: 193 (1871). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 390 (1929). Type from India.
Vigna opisotricha A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 220 (1847). Type from Ethiopia.
Phaseolus radiatus [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu auctt., e.g. Piper in U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. No. 119: 16 (1914); Leese in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 60: 143 (1958) non L. sensu stricto.
Information
Annual herb. Stem with a long although not dense pubescence; leaflets 3, 5–9 × 4–7.5 cm, almost glabrous, entire or 2–3-lobed, acuminate, cuneate or rounded at the base; petiole 7–12 cm long; rhachis 1.5–2 cm long; stipules 9–15 × 4–7 mm, peltate, multinerved. Peduncle 2–7 cm long, pubescent to scabrous; rhachis 2–8 mm long, 2–5-noded, internodes 1–3 mm long. Flower yellow, 7–9 mm long; pedicel 0.5–3 mm long, not expanding as the pod matures; bracteoles 4.5–5 × 0.5–0.8 mm, multinerved. Calyx sparsely pubescent; tube 1.5–2 mm long; lobes 1–2 mm long, the lower one longer, the upper two united into a rounded or slightly bifid lobe. Standard asymmetrical with a single appendage; keel twisted towards the right. Ovary 11–15-ovuled. Pod 4–5 cm × c. 5 mm, cylindrical-linear, covered with dark brown short spreading bristly pubescence. Seed c. 2.5 × 2.5 mm, darkish brown, covered with endocarp remains; without a rim aril.
Habitat
Swampy grasslands, disturbed areas
Range
An Asian taxon which extends westward to Ghana
Altitude range
near sea-level to 1000 m.
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Distribution
Mozambique MS Luabo, fl. 25.vii.1965, Amico 471 (FHI) according to a note by Verdcourt in Kew Herbarium.Zimbabwe W Edwaleni Farm, 50 km north of Bulawayo, fl. ii.1974, Keogh in GHS 229760 (K).Zambia C South Luangwa Game Reserve, Lundu Plains, 762 m, 19.iii.1966, Astle 4679 (K).

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