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Taxon:  Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich.



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Plectrotropis
Section:
Plectrotropis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41649
Place of publication:
R. de la Sagra, Hist. fis. Cuba, Bot. 10:191. 1845; Hist. phys. Cuba, Bot. Pl. vasc. 440. 1846
Verified:
07/27/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
175 (174  active, 173  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. angustifolia (Schumach.) Baker (7 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. davyi (Bolus) B. J. Pienaar (0 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. macrosperma Marechal et al. (1 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. ovata (E. Mey.) B. J. Pienaar, nom. inval. (0 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. vexillata (4 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. youngiana F. M. Bailey (2 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
wild cowpea –
zombi-pea –
French
pois poison –
pois zombi –
Japanese Rōmaji
aka-sasage –
Transcribed Chinese
ye jiang dou –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoYucatan 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGuayas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorLos Rios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuanuco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruJunin 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martin 
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaIrian Jaya 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Gansu, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas, Los Rios], Peru [Amazonas, Huanuco, Junin, Loreto, San Martin]
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Irian Jaya], Papua New Guinea
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Pienaar, B. J. & P. D. F. Kok. 1991. The Vigna vexillata complex (Fabaceae) in southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 57:237.
Environmentalerosion control Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:261-263.
Environmentalsoil improver Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:261-263.
Human foodvegetable Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41649. Accessed 30 November 2024.

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