EPPO Global Database

Vigna vexillata(VIGVE)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: VIGVE
  • Preferred name: Vigna vexillata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Richard

Notes

Western Asia (Yemen, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Japan, Korea, subsaharan Africa, Madagascar, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (from Colombia to Bolivia and eastern Brazil), Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland, New South Wales). Introduced in New Guinea


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Phaseolus vexillatus Linnaeus
Vigna capensis Walpers
Vigna hirta Hooker

Common names
Name Language
wild cowpea English
wild sweetpea English
bejuco marrullero Spanish (CU)
caracolillo de cerca Spanish
choncho Spanish
chorreque Spanish
frijol marrullero Spanish