Vigna monophylla
Taub.
FabaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in open woodland and wet grassland. It grows between 1,000-1,800 m above sea level.
Africa, Botswana, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
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
An erect or trailing herb. It grows 60 cm tall. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a slender tuber like root. This can be 7 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. The stems are angled. The leaves are simple and the blade is oval or sword shaped. They can be 2-12 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The flowers can be yellow, white or purple. The fruit is a pod 4-5 cm long by 3-4 mm wide. The seeds are small and 2-3 mm across.
Names & Synonyms
Emisino mpungu
Dolichos gardneri Baker f.Haydonia monophylla (Taub.) R. WilczekVigna ostinii Chiov.
