- Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus: Vigna Savi
Vigna platyloba Welw. ex Hiern
- Genus: Vigna Savi
This species is accepted, and its native range is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa.
[FZ]
Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001
- Habit
- Perennial climbing or trailing herb up to 2 m long.
- Stem
- Stem densely pubescent with short ±appressed or longer spreading hairs.
- Leaflets
- Leaflets 3, 6.5–15 × 3–9 cm, ovate- or rhombic-oblong in outline, terminal leaflet shortly obtusely 3-lobed or more rarely entire, lateral leaflets with only one outer lobe, rounded or truncate or cuneate and mucronulate at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base, velvety or at least covered with appressed hairs on both surfaces; tertiary venation ± subparallel; petiole 1.2–7 cm long; rhachis 0.5–1.5 cm long; stipules 5–10 × 1–1.5 mm, triangular, multinerved, slightly prolonged and subcordate at the base.
- Inflorescences
- Peduncle 3–21 cm × 1–2 mm, pubescent; rhachis 0.6–3 cm long, 3–10-noded, internodes 2–7 mm long.
- Flowers
- Flower purple, 17–27 mm long; pedicel 0.5–1 mm long, not expanding as the pod matures; bracteoles 4–6 × 1–1.5 mm, linear, 1-nerved.
- Calyx
- Calyx densely appressed hairy, often velvety, with white and dark brown hairs; tube c. 4 mm long; lobes 1.5–7 mm long, oblong-triangular to triangular-lanceolate, the lowest slightly longer, the upper pair joined for over a half to two-thirds of their length to form a bifid lobe.
- Corolla
- Standard with 2 parallel widely spaced appendages; keel beaked (2–3 mm long), slightly twisted towards the left.
- Ovary
- Ovary 9–12-ovuled.
- Fruits
- Pods 6.5–9 cm × 6–7 mm, linear-cylindrical, densely appressed pubescent with white and dark brown hairs, with a curved beak.
- Seeds
- Seed 4.5–6 × 3–4.5 × 2.5–3.5 mm; hilum excentric, 1.5 mm long, nearly half the length of the seed; aril slightly developed.
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Habit
- Perennial climbing or trailing herb ± 2 m. long.
- Stem
- Stems densely pubescent with short ± adpressed or longer spreading hairs.
- Leaves
- Leaflets 3, ovate-or rhomboid-oblong in outline, 3–11·5 cm. long, 1·5–8·5 cm. wide, terminal leaflet shortly obtusely 3-lobed or more rarely entire, lateral leaflets with only one outer lobe, rounded or truncate and mucronulate at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base, velvety or at least covered with adpressed hairs on both surfaces; tertiary venation ± subparallel; petioles 1–6 cm. long; rhachis 0·5–2·2 cm. long; petiolules 3–5 mm. long; stipules triangular, 5–10 mm. long, slightly prolonged and subcordate at the base.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescences axillary; rhachis up to 2·5 cm. long, the nodes conspicuously glandular; peduncle 5–21 cm. long; pedicels practically obsolete; bracteoles at length deciduous, linear, 3·5–8 mm. long.
- Calyx
- Calyx densely adpressed hairy, often velvety, with white and dark brown hairs; tube ± 4 mm. long; lobes oblong-triangular to triangular-lanceolate, 5–7 mm. long, the lowest longest, the upper pair joined for over half their length to form a bifid lobe.
- Corolla
- Standard pale violet or magenta inside, dull bluish-purple outside, oblate-obovate, 2·2 cm. long, 2·4 cm. wide, emarginate, glabrous; wings deeper mauve or magenta with whitish edges; keel white.
- Fruits
- Pods linear-cylindrical, 4–9 cm. long, 6 mm. wide, densely adpressed pubescent with white and dark brown hairs, ± 12-seeded.
- Seeds
- Seeds dark or pinkish red with blackish speckling, oblong, compressed, longest dimension 4–5–6 mm., shorter dimension 3·5–4·5 mm., 2·5–3·2 mm. thick; hilum nearly half the length of the seed; aril only slightly developed.
- Habitat
- Woodland and bushland, also as a weed; 1200–1800 m.
- Distribution
- T7
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian bushland and thicket, Zambezian woodland
- Habit
- Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Native to:
Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre
Vigna platyloba Welw. ex Hiern appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2002 | Fanshawe, D.B. [3549], Zambia | K000071850 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | White, F. [2440], Zambia | K000071853 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Welwitsch [2278], Angola | K000071854 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Richards, H.M. [1296], Zambia | K000071847 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Richards, H.M. [5515], Zambia | K000071848 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Richards, H.M. [s.n.], Zambia | K000071849 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Richards, H.M. [11278], Zambia | K000071852 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Verboom, W.C. [LK88], Zambia | K000071851 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Barbosa, G. [8.888], Angola | K000071855 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Jackson, G. [1588], Malawi | K000071839 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Jackson, G. [1588], Malawi | K000071840 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Jackson, G. [1588], Malawi | K000071841 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Richards, H.M. [16498], Malawi | K000071842 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Whyte, A. [s.n.], Malawi | K000071834 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Whyte, A. [s.n.], Malawi | K000071838 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Pawek, Jean [5879], Malawi | K000071843 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Pawek, Jean [6057], Malawi | K000071844 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Pawek, Jean [6575], Malawi | K000071845 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Pawek, Jean [9936], Malawi | K000071846 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Pawek, Jean [7368], Malawi | K000071835 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Pawek, Jean [8501B], Malawi | K000071836 | ||
| May 21, 2002 | Pawek, Jean [11743], Malawi | K000071837 | ||
| Bidgood, S. [5781], Tanzania | K000468644 |
First published in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 257 (1896)
Accepted by
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 268 (1966).
- Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 405 (1929).
- Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 1: 257 (1896).
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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International Legume Database and Information Service
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