Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna racemosa (G.Don) Hutch. & Dalziel ex Baker f.

First published in J. Bot. 66(Suppl. 1): 117 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Namibia. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Colombia, Honduras, New South Wales

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 409
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 1: 409 (1928)
  • Kew Bull. 1929: 18
  • Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 6: 370.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359001 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357329 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357310 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357313 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357322 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mali K001357242 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359011 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359018 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356996 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357285 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359013 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359027 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359014 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357288 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001357326 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001359032 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363105 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357311 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363106 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001357260 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357257 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357283 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357328 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356998 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359016 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357247 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359002 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357295 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359017 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357256 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357296 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357882 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357299 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357286 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357252 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357280 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357293 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357318 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359026 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356999 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001360079 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001357258 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359022 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357255 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001359009 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360075 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359015 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K001357249 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357315 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357272 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357298 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357263 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357278 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357266 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001359030 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357289 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363107 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357303 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357271 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357273 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359020 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357269 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357248 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K001357261 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357323 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K001357262 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K000615306 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357274 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357277 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357309 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357297 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357317 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357279 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363103 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356995 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mali K001357241 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357306 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357291 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357321 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001360078 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001359007 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357253 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357282 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357265 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357275 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001357259 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357305 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359012 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357314 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357254 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gambia, The K001357245 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357246 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357312 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357267 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357300 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357292 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359023 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357290 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359019 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359005 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357270 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359010 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357251 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359021 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357268 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359003 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359028 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001359033 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357294 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001357324 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001360077 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357276 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001359008 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001363108 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359029 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mali K001357240 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357307 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357316 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001359006 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359025 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359024 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357330 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001363109 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001357000 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001357325 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357264 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360076 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357281 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357304 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356997 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357327 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360074 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K001357250 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mali K001357243 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357308 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001359031 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357284 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363104 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357301 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gambia, The K001357244 Yes

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