Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
Infraspecies:: 12

Vigna unguiculata subsp. aduensis Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. alba (G.Don) Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. baoulensis (A.Chev.) Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. burundiensis Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc.

Vigna unguiculata subsp. letouzeyi Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. mensensis (Schweinf.) Verdc.

Vigna unguiculata subsp. pawekiae Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. stenophylla (Harv.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier

Vigna unguiculata subsp. tenuis (E.Mey.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier

Vigna unguiculata subsp. pubescens (R.Wilczek) Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cháng dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cháng dòu gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dòu kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiāng dòu shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kacang panjang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
long bean	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
polon me	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
taqooi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豇豆属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
长豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
长豆根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dolichos sesquipedalis L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1019 (1763).
Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirth Cact.: 254 (1898).
Vigna unguiculata var. sesquipedalis (L.) Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 16 (1911).
Dolichos didjre Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 133 (1775).
Vigna asparaginea (Bertoni) Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 274 (1913).
Vigna brasilica (Bertoni) Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 274 (1913).
Vigna inga (Bertoni) Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 275 (1913).
Vigna oryzina (Bertoni) Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 275 (1913).
Vigna serotina (Bertoni) Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 275 (1913).
Vigna sinensis var. sesquipedalis (L.) Asch. & Schweinf. Mém. Inst. Égypt. 2: 69 (1889).
Vigna sinensis subsp. sesquipedalis (L.) Van Eselt. Veg. New York 1(2): 11 (1931).
Vigna sulphurea (Bertoni) Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 275 (1913).
Vigna tonkinensis (Bertoni) Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 275 (1913).
Vigna unguiculata var. asparaginea Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 17 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. brasilica Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 18 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. caprina Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 20 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata f. coronata Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 19 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata subvar. cubensis Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 17 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata subvar. deflexa Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 17 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata subvar. guaranitica Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 17 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. inga Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 20 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. moncheta Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 19 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. oryzina Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 18 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. serotina Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 19 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. sulphurea Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 17 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. textilis K.Hammer Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 61: 1464 (2014), not validly publ.
Vigna unguiculata var. tonkinensis Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 17 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata subvar. triloba Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 20 (1911).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dolichos sesquipedalis L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna sesquipedalis	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) W.F.Wirth.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. var. sesquipedalis (L.) Ohashi	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna unguiculata ssp. Sespuipedalis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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