EPPO Global Database

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

Tropical and southern Africa. Widely cultivated for its seeds or pods (but less than in former centuries). Introduced in southern Mediterranean, eastern Europe, Central Asia, Western Asia (Yemen, Irak, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia (Java, Philippines), Korea, Madagascar, USA (southeast), Mexico, Caribbean, Colombia, Guyanas, Brazil, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)

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