Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna trilobata (L.) Verdc.

First published in Taxon 17: 172 (1968)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China, Taiwan. It is a scrambling annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Perrenial or Annual trailing herbs
Morphology Stem
Stems 30-60 cm, glabrous or glabrescent
Morphology Leaves
Stipules peltate, ovate, 0.6-1.9 cm; petiole 5-10 cm; leaflets rhombic or ovate, 2.5-5 cm, in Annual cultivated forms often shallowly 3-lobed, in Perrenial wild forms often deeply 3-lobed, medium lobe broadly spatulate, apex obtuse, glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes axillary, headlike; peduncles longer than leaves; pedicels very short 1-3-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Calyx campanulate; teeth deltoid, ca. 2 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow, ca. 6 mm; standard cordate; wings obovate, auriculate; keel apex contorted
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Cylindric, 3-4 cm x 3-4 mm, glabrescent, 6-12-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Deep brown, cylindric, very small, truncate at both ends.
Ecology
Grassland. Altitude:ca. 1000 m
Distribution
China, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.
Conservation
Near endangered
Phenology
Flower (All year), fruit (All year)
[SCG]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Bin-me, Jangli-math, Math Bean, Mugam, Mukni, Munwenna, Navippayaru, Pachapayaru, Rakhalkalai, Trianguli
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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