Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vigna vexillata var. vexillata [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich.
Infraspecies:: 8

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. 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:
lovia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nispava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajamasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dolichos capensis L. Pl. Rar. Afr.: 17 (1760).
Dolichos cylindricus Desv. in W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 51 (1825), nom. illeg.
Vigna capensis Walp. Linnaea 13: 533 (1840).
Vigna dolichonema Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 113 (1938).
Vigna senegalensis A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 24: 135 (1944).
Vigna vexillata var. yunnanensis Franch. Pl. Delavay.: 183 (1890).
Dolichos plectrotropis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 523 (1840), not validly publ.
Dolichos striatus Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 524 (1840).
Phaseolus alatus L. Sp. Pl.: 725 (1753).
Phaseolus asperrimus Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 81 (1826).
Phaseolus caffer Haberle ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 316 (1841), not validly publ.
Phaseolus fusiformis Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5607 (1831), not validly publ.
Phaseolus glyciniformis Weinm. Flora 4: 29 (1821).
Phaseolus humifusus Savi Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 38: 177 (1835).
Phaseolus pulniensis Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 1: t. 202 (1839).
Phaseolus quadrifarius Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 199 (1871).
Phaseolus quadriflorus Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 216 (1848).
Plectrotropis hirsuta Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 339 (1827).
Plectrotropis striata Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 354 (1841).
Vigna carinalis Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 86 (1844).
Vigna crinita A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 217 (1848).
Vigna dinteri Harms Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 207 (1911).
Vigna golungensis Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 199 (1871).
Vigna hirta Hook. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 7: t. 637 (1844).
Vigna phaseoloides Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 200 (1871).
Vigna scabra Sond. Linnaea 23: 32 (1850).
Vigna sepiaria Crevost & Lemarié Cat. Prod. Indochine 1: 110 (1917).
Vigna thonningii Hook.f. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 311 (1849).
Vigna tuberosa A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 217 (1848).
Vigna vexillata var. dolichonema (Harms) Verdc. Kew Bull. 24: 555 (1970).
Vigna vexillata var. hirta (Hook.) Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa 2: 413 (1929).
Vigna vexillata f. leiocarpa Vatke Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 7: 248 (1882).
Vigna vexillata var. pluriflora Franch. Pl. Delavay.: 183 (1890).
Vigna vexillata var. thonningii (Hook.f.) Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 200 (1871).
Vigna vexillata var. tuberosa (A.Rich.) Chiov. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 89 (1939).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dolichos capensis L.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dolichos cylindricus Desv.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vigna capensis (E. Mey.) Walp.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vigna dolichoneura Harms	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vigna senegalensis A.Chev.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vigna vexillata (L.) Benth. var. yunnanensis Franch.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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