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Vigna oblongifolia
Vigna oblongifolia
- Botanic Family
- Leguminosae
- Author
- A. Richard
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Grassland
- lakeside
- woodland
- inundated areas
- disturbed areas
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Annual glabrous climbing or trailing twining herb rarely perennial with striated slightly pilose stems, mucronate trifoliate leaves, central one 60mm x 4mm glabrous above, bristly beneath, 2-12 flowered inflorescence of pink, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, calyx 4mm, yellow corolla to 16mm, glabrous slightly curved slightly torulose pods covered in golden hairs 60mm x 6mm, red stems
Further References
- Mobot
- Af.Vigna
- The Plant List 2
- FOTA