Vigna unguiculata, (L.) Walpers
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1. V. unguiculata (L.) Walpers View in CoL , Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 779 (1842)
(K sinensis (L.) Savi ex Hassk. ).
Glabrous or subglabrous annual 30-200 cm, usually not twining. Leaflets 5-16 cm, ovatelanceolate. Racemes 2- to 12-flowered. Calyx 7-8 mm; corolla 20-25 mm, white or pale yellow with pink basé, or pink or pale red. Legume 15-30 x 0-5-1 cm, pendent. Seeds 10-15, 10-15 mm. Cultivated in S. Europe for the edible seed andfor fodder. (Tropical Africa.)
V. cylindrica (L.) Skeels , U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 282: 32 (1913), with the legume 6-15 cm, erect or ascending, and seeds c. 4 mm, is also cultivated in S.W. Europe for the edible seed.
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Vigna unguiculata
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
V. unguiculata (L.)
| Walpers 1842: 779 |