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Taxon:  Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Harms



Summary
Genus:
Sphenostylis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
35250
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26:309. 1899
Verified:
03/12/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Dolichos stenocarpus Hochst. ex A. Rich.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vigna ornata Welw. ex Baker
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Reference(s)
  1. Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali
  2. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames
  3. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis.
  4. Drummond, R. B. 1972. A list of Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 8:227.
  5. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
  6. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  9. Lebrun, J.-P. et al. 1972. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional
  10. Lebrun, J.-P. et al. 1983. Second supplément au 'Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger'. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 130:252.
  11. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
  12. Ojuederie, O. B. et al. 2014. Assessment of the genetic diversity of African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa Hochst ex. A Rich. Harms) accessions using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. African J. Biotech. 13:1850-1858.
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  15. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  16. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
  17. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
English
African yam-bean –
yam-pea –
French
haricot igname –
German
Knollenbohne –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
2CultivatedAfrica Africa w.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa (w.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Human foodvegetable Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=35250. Accessed 15 May 2025.