Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna frutescens A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 218 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a scrambling perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Seed Collection Guides

  • Flora ofTropical East Africa, Milne-Redhead, E and Polhill, R.M., 1971

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 218 (1847).
  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 406 (1929).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 196 (1871).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 547 (1970).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1970 Glover, P.E.; Gwynne, M.D.; Samuel, S.P. [347] Kenya K000058791 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Glover, P.E.; Gwynne, M.D.; Samuel, S.P. [530] Kenya K000058789 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Glover, P.E.; Gwynne, M.D.; Samuel, S.P. [251] Kenya K000058790 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Glover, P.E.; Gwynne, M.D.; Samuel, S.P.; Tucker [1810] Kenya K000058788 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001360007 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359657 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359175 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359739 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001360002 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359187 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359669 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359766 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360494 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359695 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360493 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359655 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001360918 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360501 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001360897 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359704 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514704 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359752 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001360915 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359732 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359767 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359713 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359686 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rwanda K001359179 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357996 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001360920 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001360004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359692 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359707 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360498 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359717 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359735 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359683 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001360003 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357537 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359697 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rwanda K001359181 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359747 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360499 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359746 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359720 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9569] Zambia K001589592 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359758 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359744 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360502 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359671 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359748 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359750 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360504 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357992 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359668 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359724 Yes
Merrett, L. [2575] Zambia K001905069 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360497 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359757 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359694 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514713 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359764 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357534 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514702 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359751 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359734 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359742 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359680 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359672 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514706 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359722 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001360919 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359689 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001358000 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359664 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357994 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514703 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359174 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359715 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357999 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359728 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360507 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9421] Zambia K001589073 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359761 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359173 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359723 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359759 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359733 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359698 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357536 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359674 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359706 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359776 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357990 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359186 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359185 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357989 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359769 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359741 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514715 Yes
South Africa K000117580 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357991 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359675 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514714 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000117582 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359693 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359749 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357998 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360505 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359736 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359673 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359658 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359762 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359684 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359691 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514705 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359756 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360508 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359660 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359656 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359679 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359743 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359670 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359725 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359753 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359685 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360503 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359745 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359176 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359700 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514710 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359708 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514711 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360506 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357533 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359711 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359714 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359184 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359763 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359677 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359681 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360495 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359183 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359676 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514709 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359716 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514707 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359659 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359768 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357535 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359731 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359738 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359701 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359712 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359682 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514712 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359710 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359665 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001360006 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359702 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357532 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359729 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359687 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359721 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359718 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001360010 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K001360907 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360500 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359662 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359688 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359719 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359667 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359754 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001360005 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360496 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001360916 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359663 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359690 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359666 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001360001 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359703 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rwanda K001359180 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359760 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514708 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359661 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359182 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359755 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359740 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359737 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359678 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359696 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359699 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357995 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359765 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359178 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357993 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359705 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357997 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359177 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359709 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001360917 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359730 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0