Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 9

Vigna vexillata var. davyi (Bolus) B.J.Pienaar

Vigna vexillata var. macrosperma Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier

Vigna vexillata var. ovata (E.Mey.) B.J.Pienaar

Vigna vexillata var. sepiaria (Dalzell) Babu & S.K.Sharma

Vigna vexillata var. tsusimensis Matsum.

Vigna vexillata var. vexillata

Vigna vexillata var. wightii (Benth. ex Bedd.) Babu & S.K.Sharma

Vigna vexillata var. youngiana F.M.Bailey

Vigna vexillata var. angustifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Baker

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bejuco marrullero	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
halunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattupayar	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
machali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masiva	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mgcenga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mudgaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murudji	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musivha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nkasa zimadeso	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nyemba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
obhombo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ulubombo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umcwasibe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild sweetpea	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde-ertjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
野豇豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phaseolus vexillatus L. Sp. Pl.: 724 (1753).
Dolichos vexillatus (L.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 440 (1824), nom. illeg.
Vigna vexillata f. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 779 (1926), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phaseolus vexillata L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna vexillata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Richard	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vigna vexillata (L.) Benth.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna vexillata (L.)A.Rich.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vigna vexillata Rich.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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