Taxon:  Vigna oblongifolia A. Rich.



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Vigna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41624
Place of publication:
Tent. fl. abyss. 1:220.  1847
Verified:
09/14/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (6  active, 5  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vigna oblongifolia A. Rich. var. oblongifolia (8 active accession[s])
Vigna oblongifolia A. Rich. var. parviflora (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc. (3 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: with two varieties
  2. Fatokun, C. A. et al. 1993. Molecular taxonomic relationships in the genus Vigna based on RFLP analysis. Theor. Appl. Genet. 86:97-104.
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Jaaska, V. 1999. Isoenzyme diversity and phylogenetic affinities among the African beans of the genus Vigna (Fabaceae). Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 27:569-589.
  5. 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 28:167.
  6. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  7. Pasquet, R. S. et al. 1999. Isozyme diversity in Bambara groundnut. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39:1228-1236. Note: this study did not include Vigna oblongifolia, but it examined other species with yellow to violet species of section Vigna that might be closely related to Bambara groundnut
  8. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  9. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
  10. Troupin, G. 1978-. Flore du Rwanda.
  11. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  12. 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_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa Natal, TransvaalPlants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: with two varieties
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria n.Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria (n.)
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa (Natal, Transvaal)
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Reference(s)
  1. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: with two varieties
  2. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 102, 104-109. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  3. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
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=41624. Accessed 12 May 2026.