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Vigna luteola

Authority (Jacq.) Benth. Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae Synonyms Calopogonium pendunculatum Standley, Dolichos gangeticus Roxb., Dolichos luteolus Jacq., Dolichos niloticus Del., Dolichos repens L., Orobus trifoliatus Sesse & Mocino, Phaseolus luteolus (Jacq.) Gagnepain, Phaseolus maritimus Hassk., Scytalis helicopus E. Meyer, Vigna brachystachys Benth., Vigna bukobensis Harms, Vigna bukombensis Harms, Vigna glabra Savi, Vigna helicopus (E. Meyer) Walp., Vigna nigerica A. Chev., Vigna nilotica (Del.) Hook. f., Vigna repens (L.) Kuntze, Vigna villosa Savi Common names a kwakwa, dalrymple vigna (Aust), gilibande, goko, hairypod cowpea, indolo, kavuhivahi, masheke, mugulula, toshimbo shimbo (Co) Editor Ecocrop code 10825

Notes
DESCRIPTION: Sparsely hairy, short-lived perennial with a climbing and twining habit, rooting readily from the stems in contact with moist soil. Leaves trifoliate, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 2.5 to 10 cm long and 1.5 to 5.0 cm broad, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces. Racemes axillary, many-flowered. Flowers yellow, 1.8 to 2.2 cm long. Pods pendant, thin shelled, with waxy margins when dry, up to 5 cm long and 0.5 to 0.6 cm wide. Zero to six, from brown to black in colour, 3 to 4 mm long and 2 to 3 mm wide. KILLING T: Seedlings are not frost tolerant, but regrowth may take place by established plants when warm weather ensues. GROWING PERIOD: Short-lived perennial legume growing in the summer. COMMON NAMES: Dalrymple vigna, Gilibande, Goko, Masheke, Mugulula, Indolo, A Kwakwa, Kavuhivahi, Toshimbo shimbo. FURTHER INF: Dalrymple vigna is well adapted to wet tropical maritim climates. The latitudinal range of growth is between 30°N and S. It occurs in wet tropical coastal areas of Africa, Central America, West Indies, southern United States and northern Australia Dry matter yields may be between 0.5-2 t/ha.
Sources
Grassland Index Skerman P 1988 pp 466-470 [TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, DRA, TEXT, SAL, FER, PHO] Duke J 1981 pp 320 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Bryant P 1973 pp 366-367 [RAIN, KTMP, DRA, FER] Tropical forages 2005