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Taxon:  Vigna hosei (Craib) Backer



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Vigna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41612
Place of publication:
C. A. Backer & D. F. van Slooten, Geill. handb. Jav. theeonkr. 153. 1924
Verified:
03/11/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 4  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Dolichos hosei Craib

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vigna oligosperma Backer, nom. nud.
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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  2. Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas. 1992
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  4. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:255-257.
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Hacker, J. B. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. 1990
  7. Holland, T. H. 1924. Some green manures and cover plants. Leaft. Dept. Agric. Ceylon 30:1-6.
  8. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  9. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. 1987
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  11. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
  12. Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:172.
  13. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126.
  14. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:54, 123, 126.
  15. Pasquet, R. S. & T. Vanderborgth. 1999. Isozyme polymorphism in some yellow- and blue-flowered Vigna species complexes (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 215:1-21.
  16. Pasquet, R. S. & T. Vanderborgth. 1999. Isozyme polymorphism in some yellow- and blue-flowered Vigna species complexes (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 215:1-21.
  17. Pasquet, R. S. et al. 1999. Isozyme diversity in Bambara groundnut. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39:1228-1236.
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  19. Pratt, L. W. & K. F. Bio. 2011. New plant records from Hawai'i Islands. Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 113:77.
  20. Sanjappa, M. Legumes of India. 1992
  21. Tomooka, N. et al. 2011. Chapter 15. Vigna. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, legume crops and forages. 2011 291-311.
  22. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  23. Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
  24. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  25. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Common names
English
Sarawak-bean –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
6Other     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodpotential as forage Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:255-257.
Environmentalsoil improver Hacker, J. B. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. 1990
Weed  Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41612. Accessed 25 April 2025.

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