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Vigna vexillata

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Internal ID UUID643fda6a55c41424275902
Scientific name Vigna vexillata
Authority (L.) A.Rich.
First published in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot.10: 191 (1845)

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Vigna vexillata, also known as the Zombi pea or wild cowpea, is a climbing plant found in tropical regions such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Venezuela. It has oval-shaped, dark green leaves with three leaflets and pink or purplish flowers. The plant is known for its strong twining stems and tuberous roots. It is often used as a weed suppressor and is palatable to animals. Vigna vexillata is adaptable to a variety of habitats and is commonly used as a food crop, particularly in Namibia where it is harvested from the wild. Its tubers, leaves, pods, and seeds are all edible and are consumed in various ways. The plant is also grown as a green manure and ground cover crop in poor soils.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Phaseolus vexillatus L. Sp. Pl.: 724 (1753)
Vigna dolichoneura Harms

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Language Common/alternative name
English zombi pea
English wild cowpea
English wild mung
Afrikaans wilde ertjie
Hausa waken damo
Chinese 山土瓜
Chinese 云南山土瓜
Chinese 野豇豆

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Name Authority First published in
Vigna vexillata var. angustifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Baker D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr.2: 200 (1871)
Vigna vexillata var. davyi (Bolus) B.J.Pienaar S. African J. Bot.57: 241 (1991)
Vigna vexillata var. macrosperma Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier Taxon27: 200 (1978)
Vigna vexillata var. ovata (E.Mey.) B.J.Pienaar S. African J. Bot.57: 240 (1991)
Vigna vexillata var. sepiaria (Dalzell) Babu & S.K.Sharma Bull. Bot. Surv. India27: 27 (1985 publ. 1987)
Vigna vexillata var. tsusimensis Matsum. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo)16: 93 (1902)
Vigna vexillata var. vexillata Unknown
Vigna vexillata var. wightii (Benth. ex Bedd.) Babu & S.K.Sharma Bull. Bot. Surv. India27: 28 (1985 publ. 1987)
Vigna vexillata var. youngiana F.M.Bailey Queensland Agric. J.17: 162 (1906)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Nansei-shoto
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Central American Pacific
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000189665
USDA Plants VIVE
Tropicos 13035200
INPN 630880
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:525561-1
The Plant List ild-3615
Open Tree Of Life 581960
Observations.org 405712
NCBI Taxonomy 59626
IPNI 525561-1
iNaturalist 280789
GBIF 2982409
EPPO VIGVE
EOL 655241
Elurikkus 347706
USDA GRIN 41649
Wikipedia Vigna_vexillata

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Nutritional status of Zombi pea (Vigna vexillata) as influenced by plant density and deblossoming Priyadarsini S, Nandi A, Nedunchezhiyan M, Choudhari P, Singh S, Pattnaik A Sci Rep 07-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10850079
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-52736-7
PMID:38326435
Genetics, genomics, and breeding of black gram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] Nair RM, Chaudhari S, Devi N, Shivanna A, Gowda A, Boddepalli VN, Pradhan H, Schafleitner R, Jegadeesan S, Somta P Front Plant Sci 15-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10822891
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1273363
PMID:38288416
A Gene Encoding Xylanase Inhibitor Is a Candidate Gene for Bruchid (Callosobruchus spp.) Resistance in Zombi Pea (Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich) Amkul K, Laosatit K, Lin Y, Yuan X, Chen X, Somta P Plants (Basel) 18-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610162
doi:10.3390/plants12203602
PMID:37896065
Association mapping in bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.] reveals loci associated with agro-morphological traits Uba CU, Oselebe HO, Tesfaye AA, Abtew WG BMC Genomics 06-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10557193
doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09684-9
PMID:37803263
Major viral diseases in grain legumes: designing disease resistant legumes from plant breeding and OMICS integration Jha UC, Nayyar H, Chattopadhyay A, Beena R, Lone AA, Naik YD, Thudi M, Prasad PV, Gupta S, Dixit GP, Siddique KH Front Plant Sci 09-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10204772
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1183505
PMID:37229109
Genetic diversity, population structure, and genome-wide association study for the flowering trait in a diverse panel of 428 moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia) accessions using genotyping by sequencing Yadav AK, Singh CK, Kalia RK, Mittal S, Wankhede DP, Kakani RK, Ujjainwal S, Aakash, Saroha A, Nathawat NS, Rani R, Panchariya P, Choudhary M, Solanki K, Chaturvedi KK, Archak S, Singh K, Singh GP, Singh AK BMC Plant Biol 29-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10148550
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04215-w
PMID:37120525
Domesticating Vigna stipulacea: Chromosome-Level genome assembly reveals VsPSAT1 as a candidate gene decreasing hard-seededness Takahashi Y, Sakai H, Ariga H, Teramoto S, Shimada TL, Eun H, Muto C, Naito K, Tomooka N Front Plant Sci 17-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10149957
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1119625
PMID:37139108
Nutritional and pharmacological potentials of orphan legumes: Subfamily faboideae Ogbole OO, Akin-Ajani OD, Ajala TO, Ogunniyi QA, Fettke J, Odeku OA Heliyon 15-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10161725
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15493
PMID:37151618
Nutritional, functional, and bioactive properties of african underutilized legumes Popoola JO, Ojuederie OB, Aworunse OS, Adelekan A, Oyelakin AS, Oyesola OL, Akinduti PA, Dahunsi SO, Adegboyega TT, Oranusi SU, Ayilara MS, Omonhinmin CA Front Plant Sci 14-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10141332
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1105364
PMID:37123863
Exploring the Potential of Multiomics and Other Integrative Approaches for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Plants Tyagi A, Ali S, Park S, Bae H Plants (Basel) 03-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10096958
doi:10.3390/plants12071544
PMID:37050170
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Community-Level Incentive Mechanisms for the Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives: A Malawi Case Study Drucker AG, Mponya NK, Grazioli F, Maxted N, Brehm JM, Dulloo E Plants (Basel) 24-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10005345
doi:10.3390/plants12051030
PMID:36903889
Crop Wild Relatives: A Valuable Source of Tolerance to Various Abiotic Stresses Kapazoglou A, Gerakari M, Lazaridi E, Kleftogianni K, Sarri E, Tani E, Bebeli PJ Plants (Basel) 10-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9861506
doi:10.3390/plants12020328
PMID:36679041
Vignette of Vigna domestication: From archives to genomics Verma SK, Singh CK, Taunk J, Gayacharan, Chandra Joshi D, Kalia S, Dey N, Singh AK Front Genet 21-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9634637
doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.960200
PMID:36338960
Influence of processing on bioactive compounds, Type-II diabetes related enzyme regulation potential and antiurolithiatic potential of underutilized legume Macrotyloma uniflorum Vashishth R, Semwal AD, Murugan MP, Khan MA, Goel C J Food Sci Technol 18-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9304452
doi:10.1007/s13197-022-05487-0
PMID:35872724

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Naphthalenes / Naphthalenecarboxylic acids and derivatives / Naphthalenecarboxylic acids
Fisheacid 139583718 Click to see C1C(C(=CC2=CC=CC=C21)C3=CC4=CC=CC=C4CC3C(=O)O)C(=O)O 346.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB.60.589
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Phenylalanine and derivatives
(2R)-2-amino-3-(4-aminophenyl)propanoic acid 1268124 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1CC(C(=O)O)N)N 180.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)88538-6
2-Amino-3-(4-aminophenyl)propanoic acid 95174 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1CC(C(=O)O)N)N 180.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)88538-6
4-Amino-L-Phenylalanine 151001 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1CC(C(=O)O)N)N 180.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83733-4

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