Summary
Place of publication:
Interpr. Herb. amboin. 285. 1917
Verified:
03/11/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
dune-bean – notched cowpea – sea-bean – Italian
vigna marina – Japanese Rōmaji
hama-azuki – hama-sasage – Portuguese
batatarana – Transcribed Chinese
bin jiang dou –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | North Indian Ocean | Maldives | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria
-
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Hainan]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN:
Maldives
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland]
Pacific
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Bahia]
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
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MESOAMERICA:
Panama
Cultivated
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | soil improver | | Padulosi, S. & N. Q. Ng. 1993. A useful and unexploited herb, Vigna marina (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) and the taxonomic revision of its genetic diversity. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 62:119-126. |
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=41617.
Accessed 26 April 2025.