Taxon: Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc.

• or V. unguiculata Biflora Group
• Verdc. erroneously attributed this comb. to Eselt. in Hedr.

See other conspecific taxa:

• Vigna unguiculata (1189 accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. baoulensis (no accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. burundiensis (no accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana (40 accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. letouzeyi (no accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. mensensis (no accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. pubescens (9 accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis (194 accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. stenophylla (5 accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. tenuis (no accessions)
• Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (6839 accessions)

Common names:

• catjang   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• catjang cowpea   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• sow-pea   (Source: Leg WorldEc ) – English
  
• dolique mongette   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Catjangbohne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• feijão-fradinho   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• judía catjang   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: soil improver   (fide Pl Res SEAs, as V. unguiculata Biflora Group)
  
• Human food: pulse; vegetable   (fide Leg Queensl; F CambLVN)
  
• Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide Pl Res SEAs, as V. unguiculata Biflora Group)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

Distributional range:

; Asia [tropical]

References:

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16) [lists as V. unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Van Eselt.].
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
• Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. (Leg Queensl)
• Hara, H. Flora of eastern Himalaya. v. 1:1966, v. 2:1971, v. 3:1975 (F EHimal) [= V. unguiculata var. cylindrica (L.) H. Ohashi].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [lists as V. unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Van Eselt. ex Verdc.].
• Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 1:77. [= V. unguiculata Biflora Group].
• 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 28:193. [= V. unguiculata subsp. unguiculata cultigroup Biflora].
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India. (Leg India) [lists as V. unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Van Eselt.].
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Verdcourt, B. 1977. Kew Bull. 31:896. [corrected error in author citation].
• Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes. (Leg New Guinea)

Synonyms:

• (=) Dolichos biflorus L.
  (previously associated with 29 accessions)
• (=) Dolichos catiang L.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Dolichos catjang Burm. f.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Phaseolus cylindricus L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Vigna catjang (Burm. f.) Walp.
  (previously associated with 66 accessions)
• (≡) Vigna cylindrica (L.) Skeels
  (previously associated with 56 accessions)

Check other databases for Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc.:

• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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