Vigna oblongifolia(Welw. ex Baker) Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Vigna parvifloraWelw. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
Vigna vexillata
Vigna lancifolia
Vigna hygrophila
Vigna parviflora
Vigna uliginosa
Vigna oblongifolia
Vigna wilmsii
Common name
ginceregi (HS) (NIGERIA, NUPE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
wáákén kada (Musa Bomo) wáákén kwaďi (Musa Bomo) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for VIGNA oblongifolia A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
VIGNA oblongifoliaA. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Abyss. i. 220.
Information
Stems herbaceous, slender, wide-twining, slightly tawny-bristly. Stipules minute, ovate acuminate. Petioles 1 1/2–2 in. long, slender, thinly bristly; leaflets 3, the central one ovate-lanceolate, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, the upper half narrowed gradually to a point with a mucro; petiolule 4 lines long; lateral ones slightly unequal-sided, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly-bristly when young. Flowers 2–4 on densely bristly peduncles about an inch long. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, 2 lines deep, the two upper teeth connate, deltoid, the three others lanceolate acuminate, reaching quite halfway down. Corolla rose-red, twice as deep as the calyx; keel truncate. Pod 1 1/2 in. long, under 1/4 in. thick, subterete, hispid.
