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(Last Modified On 10/1/2013)
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(Last Modified On 10/1/2013)
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Species
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Vigna juruana (Harms) Verdc.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Kew Bull. 24: 540. 1970.
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Synonym
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Phaseolus campestris sensu Benth. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 15(1): 189. 1859, non Benth. 1837 (=Macrop- tilium longepedunculatum (Benth.) Urban). Phaseolus juruanus Harms, Notizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 7: 506. 1921. TYPE: Brazil, Ule 5533 (B, holotype, if extant; isotype K, not seen).
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Description
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Slender vine, stems with long, sparse sturdy tawny hairs. Leaves pinnate trifoliolate, the leaflets ovate, mostly 4-10 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, apically acuminate, basally rounded or obtuse, thin, drying concolorous, with inconspicuous, scattered hairs on both sides, petiolules 3-4 mm long, drying angled, hispidulous; petioles often exceeding the terminal leaflets; stipels ovate, 1-2 mm long, glabrous, glandular; stipules linear lanceolate, 3-5 mm long, ciliate. Inflorescences 5-20 cm long, axillary; peduncle terete, retrorsely hispidulous pilose with tawny hairs, the rachis tomentose with whitish, somewhat curly hairs, ca. 2 mm long, the nodes prominent; bracteoles and bracts linear ascending pilose, ca. 4 mm long, deciduous; pedicels ca. 1 mm long, ca. 2 per node. Flowers yellow, the calyx cupular, 2-3 mm long, the 5 teeth obtuse deltoid, sparingly ascending pu- bescent; standard orbicular ca. 1 cm long, the keel spiralled. Legume linear, turgid, 3-4 cm long, 4-6 mm across maturing black, ascending pilose with tawny hairs; seeds subglobose, shiny, 3-4 mm long.
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Habit
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vine
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Distribution
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wide ranging and is reportedly common in South America and Africa. It is known in Panama by only one collection taken in Central Panama about halfway across the Canal.
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Note
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Vignajuruana is similar to V. iongifolia, but it differs in having smaller flowers and fruits, in being much less pubescent, especially on the stems, and in having ovate instead of narrow leaflets.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Gamboa, Tyson 4584 (FSU, SCZ).
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