Vigna bourneae

Gamble

Fabaceae

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Description

Vigna bourneae is a climbing plant with twining stems. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

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Edible Uses

Seeds - cooked. The seeds are eaten boiled or roasted. There are 10 - 12 seeds in a seedpod, the seeds being 2 - 3mm long.

Traditional Uses

Pod, Seeds,

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Distribution

E. Asia - southern India

Cultivation

Fabaceae

Production

A climbing bean. It is a herb and small branches have rusty hairs. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaf stalk is 8 cm long and the leaflets are oval and 8 cm long by 5 cm wide. They have rusty hairs. The pods are 6 cm long and hairy. There are 8-10 seeds. Check Vigna bournaea Gamble. This is an accepted name and Vigna bourneae Gamble is an unresolved name.