Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26:309. 1899
Verified:
03/12/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
African yam-bean – yam-pea – French
haricot igname – German
Knollenbohne –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Africa | | Africa | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Chad
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Central African Republic, Zaire
Cultivated
Africa
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981 |
| Human food | vegetable | | Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 |
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2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=35250.
Accessed 7 March 2026.