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Vigna adenantha (G.Mey.)Marechal & al.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna adenantha (G.Mey.)Marechal & al. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos oleraceum Schum. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus adenanthus G.Mey. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus adenanthus var. caeduorus (Benth.)Hassl. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus adenanthus var. radicans (Benth.)Hassl. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus alatus Roxb. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus amarus auct. non L. {Misapplied}
    Phaseolus amoenus Macfad. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus barbulatus Benth. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus brevipes Benth. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus caeduorum Benth. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus caracalla auct. non L. {Misapplied}
    Phaseolus cirrosus Kunth {Synonym}
    Phaseolus cuernavacanus Rose {Synonym}
    Phaseolus cumingii Benth. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus latifolius Benth. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus macfadyeni Steud. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus occidentalis Rose {Synonym}
    Phaseolus radicans Benth. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus rostratus Wall. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus senegalensis Guill. & Perr. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus subtortus Benth. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus surinamensis Miq. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus truxillensis Kunth {Synonym}
    Vigna caracalla sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Vigna gentryi (Standl.)Stainier & F.Horvat {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Karalsona [4751]; Pipi [2968]; Snailflower [3705]; Wal-me [3705]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Gabon (N) [212]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Liberia (N) [212]; Mali (N) [561]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Asia
Cambodia (N) [1942]; India (I) [1945, 3026, 3027, 3094, 3099, 3118, 3366, 3375, 3376]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3026]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3366]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3366]; Kerala [1945]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3099]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3366]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; West Bengal [3118]; Indonesia (N) [261, 3004]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Laos (N) [1942]; Malaysia (N) [2111]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [3963]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2826]; Sri Lanka (I) [3705]; Sulawesi (N) [3004]; Taiwan (U) [2827]; Thailand (N) [1971]; Vietnam (N) [1942]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1430]
  Central America
Costa Rica (U) [336]; Mexico (U) [336, 1117, 1188]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (U) [1224, 1243]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [3026]; Madagascar (I) [210, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Hawaii (U) [336]; Marquesas (N) [2968]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Society Is (N) [2968]; Solomon Is (N) [261]; Tubai Is (N) [2968]
  South America
Brazil (U) [336, 1414]; Colombia (U) [336]; Guyana (U) [1243]; Paraguay (U) [336]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian mangrove (and strand forest). [212];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 261, 1915, 1941, 1942, 2111, 2827, 3026, 3348, 3375, 3402, 3465, 3705] ; Distribution Map [2891] ; Illustration [1942, 2845]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [1941] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Pasquet RS, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261] [1941] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1915] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1999-05 Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) No

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [3030, 3465]; Medicine [3030]

  
NOTES:
  No Borneo material at K. [3004]
  Introduced to Mauritius in 1823, but not found there since. [1915]

  
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