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Vigna unguiculata ssp. tenuis

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(E. Meyer) Marechal, Mascherpa & Stainier

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

C, vegetable

Hardiness Zone

Min 15C

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Mozambique
• Natal - South Africa
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Glabrous herbaceous twiner, trifoliate leaves, central leaflet to 40mm glabrous both surfaces, paired flowers, glabrous calyx to 3mm, blue corolla to 12mm, glabrous pod 75mm x 3mm

Pods used as vegetable, young leaves & shoots as potherb

Further References

• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• ILDIS