Taxon:  Vigna hosei (Craib) Backer



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Vigna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41612
Place of publication:
C. A. Backer & D. F. van Slooten, Geill. handb. Jav. theeonkr. 153.  1924
Verified:
03/11/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vigna hosei (Craib) Backer var. hosei (0 active accession[s])
Vigna hosei (Craib) Backer var. pubescens Maréchal et al. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Dolichos hosei Craib

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vigna oligosperma Backer, nom. nud.

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  2. Boggan, J. et al. 1992. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  4. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:255-257.
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
  7. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: introd.
  8. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117.
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  10. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Note: introd.
  11. 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 28:172.
  12. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
  13. 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.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Pratt, L. W. & K. F. Bio. 2011. New plant records from Hawai'i Islands. Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 113:77.
  16. Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India
  17. Tomooka, N. et al. 2011. Chapter 15. Vigna. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, legume crops and forages 291-311. Note: mentions
  18. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: mentions
  19. Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
  20. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  21. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishSarawak-bean  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
2Cultivated    widely cult.Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii Pratt, L. W. & K. F. Bio. 2011. New plant records from Hawai'i Islands. Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 113:77.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
6Other    probable origin AsiaMaxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: St. Lucia, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico]
Other (probable origin Asia)

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  2. Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
  3. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 11:39, 54, 123, 126. Note: yellow flowers
  4. Pratt, L. W. & K. F. Bio. 2011. New plant records from Hawai'i Islands. Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 113:77.
  5. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  6. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforagepotentialHacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
Animal foodforagepotentialFaridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:255-257.
Environmentalsoil improver Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
Weed  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: introd.
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=41612. Accessed 13 May 2026.