Taxon: Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata Sesquipedalis Group (Vigna unguiculata Sesquipedalis Group)

Summary

Genus:

Vigna

Subgenus:

Vigna

Section:

Catiang

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

467841

Comment:

or Vigna unguiculata Sesquipedalis Group

Verified:

03/11/2014 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

338 (198 active, 181 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (1191 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. aduensis Pasquet (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. alba (G. Don) Pasquet (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. baoulensis (A. Chev.) Pasquet (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. burundiensis Pasquet (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. (40 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. letouzeyi Pasquet (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. pawekiae Pasquet (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. protracta (E. Mey.) B. J. Pienaar (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. pubescens (R. Wilczek) Pasquet (9 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. stenophylla (Harv.) Maréchal et al. (5 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. tenuis (E. Mey.) Maréchal et al. (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata (1 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata Biflora Group (14 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata Melanophthalmus Group (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata Unguiculata Group (6872 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata var. spontanea (Schweinf.) Pasquet (0 active accession[s])
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata var. unguiculata (5 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Dolichos sesquipedalis L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirth
Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi ex Hassk. subsp. sesquipedalis (L.) Van Eselt.
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Kongjaimun, A. et al. 2012. The genetics of domestication of yardlong bean, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp. unguiculata cv.-gr. sesquipedalis. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1185-1200.
Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 7, 11, 12, 31, 47, 195. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	asparagus-bean		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Chinese long-bean		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	pea-bean		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	1	Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
English	yard-long-bean		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabic	lobiya		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	2	Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Chinese	chang jiang dou	长豇豆	as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	dolique asperge		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	haricot asperge		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Spargelbohne		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	feijão-espargo		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	judía espárrago		as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note	Reference
2	Cultivated				also cult. elsewhere	Kongjaimun, A. et al. 2012. The genetics of domestication of yardlong bean, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp. unguiculata cv.-gr. sesquipedalis. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1185-1200.
2	Cultivated	Africa		Africa		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	China	China		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bangladesh		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Europe		Europe		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
2	Cultivated	Northern America		United States		Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.

Cultivated

REGION:

Africa

REGION: Africa

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India
INDO-CHINA: Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Europe

REGION: Europe

Northern America

REGION: United States

Reference(s)

Kongjaimun, A. et al. 2012. The genetics of domestication of yardlong bean, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp. unguiculata cv.-gr. sesquipedalis. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1185-1200.
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:274-278.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	fodder	as Vigna unguiculata Sesquipedalis Group	Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:77. Note: = Vigna unguiculata Sesquipedalis Group
Environmental	soil improver	as Vigna unguiculata Sesquipedalis Group	Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:77. Note: = Vigna unguiculata Sesquipedalis Group
Human food	vegetable	as Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis	Kongjaimun, A. et al. 2012. The genetics of domestication of yardlong bean, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp. unguiculata cv.-gr. sesquipedalis. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1185-1200.

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=467841. Accessed 12 May 2026.