Vigna angivensis
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Vegetable, Roots, Pods, Seeds
The pods, seeds, roots, and plants are eaten as vegetables.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in grassland and open wooodland. It grows between 30-2,180 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, Madagascar,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A bean family plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It is a creeping or climbing herb. The flowers are purple to pink. The pods have 11 to 3 seeds.
Names & Synonyms
Avoko, Avokombiby, Havoko, Kimaosy, Kismaotsa, Vahizato, Voanimban'dzaza
Lotus angivensis BojerTephrosia angivensis BojerTephrosia heterophylla BojerVigna harmsii R. Vig.
References (4)
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 565
- Porcher, V., et al, 2022, Growing up in the Betsileo landscape: Children’s wild edible plants knowledge in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0264147.
- Razanameharizaka, J., et al, 2022, Catalogue Legumes Traditionnels de Madagascar. Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar. Vol. 1. p 44
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
