Taxon:  Vigna oblongifolia A. Rich. var. parviflora (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc.



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Vigna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
70845
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 24:528.  1970
Verified:
09/14/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (3  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vigna oblongifolia A. Rich. (6 active accession[s])
Vigna oblongifolia A. Rich. var. oblongifolia (8 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Vigna parviflora Welw. ex Baker

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Jaaska, V. 1999. Isoenzyme diversity and phylogenetic affinities among the African beans of the genus Vigna (Fabaceae). Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 27:569-589. Note: = Vigna parviflora
  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 28:168.
  3. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
  4. 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 var. parviflora, but it examined other species with yellow to violet species of section Vigna that might be closely related to Bambara groundnut
  5. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
  6. Troupin, G. 1978-. Flore du Rwanda.
  7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  8. 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  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
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 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa [Transvaal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Reference(s)
  1. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 106, 108-109. Note: yellow to greenish flowers
  2. 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=70845. Accessed 17 April 2026.