Taxon:  Vigna comosa Baker



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Vigna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
70838
Place of publication:
D. Oliver, Fl. trop. Afr. 2:202.  1871
Verified:
09/04/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Vigna comosa Baker var. comosa (0 active accession[s])
Vigna comosa Baker var. lebrunii (Baker f.) Verdc. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis.
  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 28:180.
  3. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  4. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
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.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. 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 151-154. 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 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria s.Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. 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 151-154. 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 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. 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 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. 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 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Liberia, Nigeria (s.), Sierra Leone
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia

Reference(s)
  1. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 151-154. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  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://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70838. Accessed 31 October 2026.