Taxon: Vigna gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Hook. f.

Summary

Genus:

Vigna

Subgenus:

Vigna

Section:

Vigna

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

41610

Place of publication:

J. D. Hooker & G. Bentham in W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 311. 1849

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature

Verified:

03/11/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Dolichos gracilis Guill. & Perr.

No images

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Adam, J.-G. 1971-. Flore descriptive des monts Nimba.
Berhaut, J. 1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali
Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis.
Galasso, I. et al. 1996. Cytotaxonomic studies in Vigna III. Chromosomal distribution and reacting properties of the heterochromatin in five wild species of the section Vigna. Caryologia 49:311-319. Note: 2n=22
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:175.
Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
Pasquet, R. S. & T. Vanderborgth. 1999. Isozyme polymorphism in some yellow- and blue-flowered Vigna species complexes (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 215:1-21. Note: as a blue-flowered species
Pasquet, R. S. et al. 1999. Isozyme diversity in Bambara groundnut. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39:1228-1236.
Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
Vijaykumar, A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of subgenus Vigna species using nuclear ribosomal RNA ITS: Evidence of hybridization among Vigna unguiculata subspecies. J. Heredity 101:177-188.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola	n.w.	Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Benin		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Gambia		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea-Bissau		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Liberia		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Central African Republic		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Congo		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Gabon		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda		Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola (n.w.), Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe

Reference(s)

Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41610. Accessed 12 May 2026.