Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Maréchal

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39: 160 (1969)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan). It is a scrambling annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Bhringga, Dew-Bean, Makushtha, Mat, Mat Bean, Matki, Moth, Moth Bean, Moth-Bean
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120930441/130395350

Conservation
DD - data deficient
[IUCN]

M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Distribution
Somalia, native of Asia.
Morphology General Habit
Slender hairy annual with trailing branches from a short erect main stem; leaflets 3, deeply divided into 3–5 narrow lobes; flowers in pedunculate short racemes, yellow, 5–10 mm long; pods c. 30 x 4 mm, cylindrical, brown, with short stiff hairs; seeds rectangular, 5 mm long, with a white, linear hilum.
[FSOM]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120930638/130395360

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

Uses

Use
Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0