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Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Vigna

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Description

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Synonyms (42)

Dolichos capitatus Wall. (1831)
Dolichos catjang Burm.f. (1768)
Dolichos cylindricus Moench (1802)
Dolichos echinatulus Blanco (1845)
Dolichos hastatus Lour. (1790)
Dolichos hastifolius Schnizl. (1842)
Dolichos leucomelas Kunze (1842)
Dolichos lubia Forssk. (1775)
Dolichos melanophthalmus DC. (1825)
Dolichos monachalis Brot. (1804)
Dolichos obliquifolius Schnizl. (1842)
Dolichos sesquipedalis Blanco (1845)
Dolichos sinensis L. (1756)
Dolichos sinensis var. ater Hassk. (1842)
Dolichos sinensis var. elongatus Hassk. (1842)
Dolichos sinensis var. maculatus Hassk. (1842)
Dolichos sinensis var. rubiginosus Hassk. (1842)
Dolichos sphaerospermus (L.) DC. (1825)
Dolichos subracemosus Jacq. (1780)
Dolichos tranquebaricus Jacq. (1777)
Liebrechtsia scabra De Wild. (1902)
Phaseolus cylindricus L. (1759)
Phaseolus ellipticus Schur (1866)
Phaseolus sphaerospermus L. (1763)
Scytalis catjang (Burm.f.) E.Mey. (1836)
Vigna catjang (Burm.f.) Walp. (1840)
Vigna cylindrica (L.) Skeels (1913)
Vigna hastata Blume ex Miq. (1855)
Vigna monachalis Endl. ex Hassk. (1844)
Vigna scabra (De Wild.) De Wild. ex T.Durand & H.Durand (1909)
Vigna scabrida Burtt Davy (1932)
Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi ex Hassk. (1844)
Vigna sinensis subsp. cylindrica (L.) Van Eselt. (1931)
Vigna sinensis var. catjang (Burm.f.) Chiov. (1908)
Vigna sinensis var. spontanea Schweinf. (1896)
Vigna tranquebarica D.Dietr. (1846)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. catjang (Burm.f.) Chiov. (1935)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc. (1970)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. taiwanianus S.S.Ying (2020)
Vigna unguiculata var. catjang (Burm.f.) Bertoni (1911)
Vigna unguiculata var. cylindrica (L.) H.Ohashi (1975)
Vigna unguiculata var. spontanea (Schweinf.) Pasquet (1993)

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Potentially naturalizing

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Bibliography

Other References

Staples & Herbst 2005:329 (DESCR); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:184 (NEWNAT/K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata Rather common, on roadside at edge of canefield, ca. 1 mi east of Makawehi Point, Poipu Preserved_Specimen Plants nearly prostrate, ca. 1m wide. Stem light green, somewhat glossy. Leaf, petiole pale green; lamina medium green above, somewhat glossy, much paler below. Flowers: peduncle nearly white, glossy; calyx yellowish-green, with darker veining;standard petel enclosing flower cream-yellowish outside dusty pale blue. Pods yellowish green, with darker green areas, glossy, springing from an accrescent purplish peduncle. Hume, L. 346 Kauai BISH 1988-05-25
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