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Vigna minima

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Roxburgh) Ohwi & H. Ohashi

Common Names

• Mak Thouo Fi (Laos)
• Zei xiao dou (Pinyin)
• Hime-tsuru-azuki (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hebei
• Heilongjiang
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Jilin
• Liaoning
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• India
• Ryukyu Islands
• N. Kyushu - Japan
• Korea
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Aug-Oct (China)
• Jul-Sep (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Annual or perennial twining bristly herb with glabrescent stems, pilose leaves, terminal leaflets to 50mm long. Axillary racemes with bracteoles, 12mm yellow flowers. Brown glabrous legume to 65mm long x 4mm

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FOJ