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Vigna reticulata
Vigna reticulata
- Botanic Family
- Leguminosae
- Author
- Hooker f.
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Burkina
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Grassland
- woodland
- seasonally inundated grassland
- forest edge
- disturbed areas
- marshland
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Mar
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec All year
Fruiting Times
Annual or perennial climbing or trailing herb with silky stems, trifoliate leaves grey-hairy both surfaces, end leaflet to 75mm long, hairy inflorescence of 2-4 purple-maroon flowers with yellowish-white standard, dark pink wings & purple spot on keel, hairy calyx to 20mm, reddish corolla to 22mm, pod to 75mm long bristly when young maturing black
Further References
- Mobot
- Af.Vigna
- The Plant List 2
- FOTA