3905.000 Vigna Savi

Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)

Description of the genus

Climbing, prostrate or erect herbs or subshrubs. Stipules truncate, 2-lobed or spurred at the base, sometimes ± peltate; stipels ± persistent, rarely 0. Leaves pinnately (rarely digitately) 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate. Inflorescences axillary. Calyx 5-lobed, 2-lipped, the lower lip 3-lobed. Corolla (in ours) usually blue or purple, sometimes yellow. Style thin below, thickened and usually curved above and usually also hairy above on the inner face. Pods linear, usually terete and not flattened.

Worldwide: 80 species throughout the tropics

Burundi: 26 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Actizera stellata (Red-clover Blue) Larval foodplant
Cupidopsis cissus (Common meadow blue) Food plant
Euchloron megaera (Verdant hawk) Larval foodplant
Euchrysops malathana (Common smoky blue) Food plant
Leptotes group (Blues) Food plant
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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
antunesii HarmsDescription, Image
bequaertii R.Wilczek
comosa Baker subsp. comosa Image
frutescens A.Rich.[Agg]
gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.f.
heterophylla A.Rich.
hosei (Craib) Backer
kirkii (Baker) Gillett
laurentii De Wild.
luteola (Jacq.) Benth.Description, Image
membranacea A.Rich.[Agg]
membranacea A.Rich. subsp. caesia (Chiov.) Verdc.
membranacea A.Rich. subsp. membranacea
multinervis Hutch. & Dalz.
oblongifolia A.Rich.[Agg]
parkeri Baker subsp. maranguensis (Taub.) Verdc.
pygmaea R.E. Fr.Description, Image
racemosa (G. Don) Hutch. & Dalz.
radiata (L.) R.Wilczek
radicans Welw. ex Baker
reticulata Hook. f.
schimperi Baker
unguiculata (L.) Walp.[Agg]Description, Image
unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc.
unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. pawekiae Pasquet
vexillata (L.) A.Rich.[Agg]

Other sources of information about Vigna:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Vigna
Flora of Caprivi: Vigna
Flora of the DRC: Vigna
Flora of Malawi: Vigna
Flora of Mozambique: Vigna
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Vigna
Flora of Rwanda: Vigna
Flora of Zambia: Vigna
Flora of Zimbabwe: Vigna
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Vigna

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vigna
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vigna
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Vigna
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Vigna
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Vigna
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vigna
JSTOR Plant Science: Vigna
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vigna
Plants of the World Online: Vigna
Tropicos: Vigna
Wikipedia: Vigna

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The Burundi flora team (2025). Flora of Burundi: Genus page: Vigna.
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