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Pseudovigna argentea
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Name
Identification
Isotype of Vigna benthami Vatke [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Verdcourt,B., Pseudovigna argentea (Willd.) Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B.,
Related name
- Vigna benthami
- Pseudovigna argentea
Flora
Entry for Pseudovigna argentea Willd. 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
Pseudovigna argentea Willd. Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 24: 392, fig. 4 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 598, fig. 88 (1971). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 423 (1989). TAB. 3.5.13. Type from Ghana.
Dolichos argenteus Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Linn., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 3: 1047 (1802). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 452 (1929). —Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 571 (1958).
Glycine dentata Schumach. & Thonn. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 348 (1827). Type as for species.
Vigna benthamii Vatke [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 262 (1878). Type from Zanzibar.
Information
Trailing or climbing perennial herb. Stems covered in ferruginous hispid hairs. Leaflets 4–7.2 × 4–7.5 cm, rhombic, 3-lobed or not, the upper margins often irregularly repand mucronate, with sparse appressed silvery hairs above and dense appressed silvery hairs on the undersurface; petiole 4–10.5 cm long; rhachis 1.5–3.2 cm long; petiolules 2–4 mm long; stipules 5–6 mm long, narrowly ovate, striate. Pseudoracemes 2–8-flowered; peduncles 1–3.5 cm long; pedicels 4–7 mm long; bracts 2–4 mm long, narrowly ovate, striate; bracteoles 3–4 mm long, lanceolate, striate. Calyx tube 3–4 mm long; lobes 5–10 mm long, the upper pair fused along nearly half of their length, covered in long ferruginous hispid hairs. Standard white or pink, 1.3–1.5 × 1.1–1.4 cm. Pod 1.5–2.8 cm long, 6–8 mm broad at greatest width, oblong, somewhat constricted between seeds, covered in dark brown hispid hairs. Seeds black, 5–6 × 3–4 × 2 mm, with reticulate surface.
Habitat
Coastal grassland
Altitude range
0–50 m.
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Distribution
Mozambique Z Quelimane, Madal Plantations, fr. 25.viii.1962, Wild & Pedro 5888 (K; SRGH).Mozambique N Mossuril, between Lumbo and Naguema, fl. & fr. 5.v.1948, Pedro & Pedrógão 3138 (K; LMA).Zimbabwe from seed collected in Mozambique, fl. 1.iv.1971, Corby 2197 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare Distr. (cultivated), grown at University of
Distribution (external)
coastal parts of Tanzania
coastel parts of Kenya
West Africa