Derivation of specific name
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vexillata: with a flag, or standard
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich.
var. vexillata Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132380
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial climbing or trailing herb, growing from a woody rootstock. Stems more or less densely covered in brownish bristly hairs. leaves 3-foliolate, narrowly lanceolate to broadly ovate, 2.5 - 16 cm long, usually entire, rarely slightly lobed, almost hairless to densely velvety. Flowers pink to purple with a distinctly asymmetrical keel, twisted to the right and a swollen pocket on the left hand petal. Pods 8-14 cm long, linear cylindric, covered in brown bristly hairs; apex with a straight beak
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich.
var. vexillata Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132380
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Frequent
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich.
var. vexillata Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132380
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Pantropical
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich.
var. vexillata Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132380
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings