| Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
Protologue : Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 1: 779 (1842) |
| Information on the genus : Vigna |
| Basionym : Dolichos unguiculatus L. |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Dolichos unguiculatus L. |
| Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. var. unguiculata |
| Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Dolichos catjang Burm.f. |
| =Vigna catjang Walp. (1840) |
| =Vigna mensensis Schweinf. |
| =Dolichos sinensis L. |
| =Vigna sinensis (L.) Hassk. (1844) |
| =Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc. (1970) |
| =*Dolichos trilobus Thunb. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. var. unguiculata |
| Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. alba (G.Don) Pasquet (1993) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. protracta (E.Mey.) B.J.Pienaar (1992) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. pubescens (R.Wilczek) Pasquet |
| Vigna unguiculata var. tenuis (1978) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. tenuis (E.Mey.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier (1978) |
| Vigna unguiculata var. dekindtiana |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. |
| Vigna unguiculata var. huillensis (Welw. ex Baker) B.J.Pienaar (1992) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. stenophylla (Harv.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier (1978) |
| Vigna unguiculata var. ovata (E.Mey.) B.J.Pienaar |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc. (1970) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. baoulensis (A.Chev.) Pasquet (1993) |
| Vigna unguiculata var. spontanea (Schweinf.) Pasquet (1993) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. burundiensis Pasquet (1993) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. letouzeyi Pasquet (1993) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. pawekiae Pasquet (1993) |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. aduensis Pasquet (1997) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual or perennial (with a rootstock) erect trailing or climbing herb 0,5-3 m long; stem striate, glabrous, scabrous, pubescent or slightly hairy particularly near the petiole-bases, sometimes with minute stiff hook-like hairs. |
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| Ecology : |
In Africa the spontaneous forms are genrally found in various formations, e.g. savanna, grassland, sometgimes near water; 0-2600 m alt. - In Guinean forest and at high altitudes in other formations. |
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Comprises 11 subspp. In our area (cf. also Enum. 3: 315-316, 1995, for other synonyms, etc.):
- Subsp. unguiculata
-[var. unguiculata] [syn.: Dolichos catjang Burm. f.; Vigna catjang (Burm. f.) Walp.; V. unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) |
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Cultivated in the tropics and other warmer parts of the world, e.g. in the Mediterranean area Iran, China, S USA, etc. - "Africa is the only continent where wild forms of compea are encountered, and cowpea was also domesticated in Africa" |
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Threatened by the parasitic weed Striga geonerioides (Canad. J. Bot. 79: 1225-1240, 2001).
Not mapped (cf. Ng & Singh, o.c.). |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1976). Flora of Libya. Al Faateh University. Tripoli. [p.]
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. 1991 Vol. 1: [1-8]- xlviii, [1]-359. [p.228]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Fgui |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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