EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: VIGSI
• Preferred name: Vigna unguiculata
• Authority: (Linnaeus) Walpers

Probably native to tropical Africa, from which it spread under cultivation to tropical Asia. Now cultivated for its seeds or pods throughout the tropical and subtropical zone (including the Mediterranean, Western Asia, Mascarene islands, but to a lesser extent than in former centuries)

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