- Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus: Vigna Savi
Vigna procera Welw. ex Hiern
- Genus: Vigna Savi
This species is accepted, and its native range is Angola to Zambia.
[ILDIS]
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- Conservation
- Insufficiently known
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian grassland
- Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[FZ]
Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001
- Habit
- Perennial herb with several annual erect stems from a woody rootstock.
- Stem
- Stem hairy, up to c. 60 cm tall.
- Leaflets
- Leaflets 3, 1 on first nodes, 4.5–12 × 2–5.5 cm, lateral leaflets half the size of the terminal one, obtuse-rounded and apiculate at apex, truncate at the base, densely hairy; tertiary venation parallel; petiole reduced to pulvinus, up to 2 mm long; rhachis up to 12 mm long; stipules slightly bilobed at the base, 8–11 × 3.5–4 mm, multinerved.
- Inflorescences
- Peduncle 9.5–23 cm × 2–4 mm, hairy; rhachis 0.2–2.5 cm long, 2–5-noded, lower internodes 2–13 mm long.
- Flowers
- Flower pink to purple, 17–22 mm long; pedicel 0.5–2 mm long, not expanding as the pod matures; bracteoles 4–5 × 1.5 mm.
- Calyx
- Calyx hairy; tube c. 4 mm long; lobes 9–18 mm long, the upper two united for one-fifth to two-thirds of their length, the lower equally long.
- Corolla
- Standard with 2 parallel widely spaced weak appendages; keel without a beak, slightly twisted towards the left.
- Ovary
- Ovary 6–8-ovuled.
- Fruits
- Pod 5–6.5 cm × c. 8 mm, linear, slightly compressed, densely hairy, with a curved beak.
- Seeds
- Seed 4–5 × 3–4 × c. 2.5 mm; hilum central 1.5 mm long; rim aril reduced.
Native to:
Angola, Zambia
Vigna procera Welw. ex Hiern appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2002 | White, F. [3216], Zambia | K000071862 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Gossweiler [6313], Angola | K000071863 | ||
| May 22, 2002 | Welwitsch [2274], Angola | K000071864 | Unknown type material |
First published in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 256 (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.
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.
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Torre, A. R. et al. (1966). Papilionoideae. In: Consp. Fl. Angolensis 3. Exell & Fernandez
Flora Zambesiaca
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