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

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170469/1314740

Conservation

LC - least concern

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 75–100 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Chocó.

Habit

Climbing.

Conservation

IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland.

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit

Perennial climbing herb, 0.5–7 m long.

Morphology Stem

Stem covered with usually long (1.5–2 mm), spreading, bristly ferruginous hairs.

Morphology Leaves Leaflets

Leaflets 3, 3–13 × 1–8 cm, mostly oblong or ovate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, subacute, rounded or truncate at the base or sometimes subhastate, sparsely to densely pilose on both surfaces; petiole 1.5–11 cm long; rhachis 0.5–1.5 cm long; stipules 5–9 × 1–1.5 mm, lanceolate, multinerved, prolonged and bilobed at the base; lobes unequal, 2–4 mm long, narrowly triangular.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Peduncles 5–23 cm × 0.3–1.5 mm, pubescent, especially toward the apex; rhachis 1.5–7 cm long, 4–13-noded, internodes 2–11 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flower blue, 10–14 × 12–16 mm; pedicel 2–5 mm long, expanding as the pod matures; bracteoles 1.2–2.5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, 1-nerved.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx pubescent or glabrescent; tube 1.5–2 mm long; lobes 1.2–2 × 1.5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, lower as long as the laterals, upper pair united into an apiculate lip.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard with two L-shaped appendages; keel with a short beak (1–2 mm long), slightly twisted towards the right.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovary 6–9-ovuled.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod 2–4.5 cm × 2.8–4 mm, linear-cylindrical, S-curved, pubescent, with a short curved beak.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seed 3–4.5 × 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 mm; hilum excentric; aril excentric.

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

Distribution

Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 75 - 100 m.; Amazonia, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico.

Morphology General Habit

Trepadora

Conservation

No Evaluada

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

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Sudanian grasslands, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands, Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; grassland., Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands.

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Climbing, Herb

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular

naichinupa