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Taxon:  Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Maréchal



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Ceratotropis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41595
Place of publication:
Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39:160. 1969
Verified:
07/21/1987 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
Phaseolus aconitifolius Jacq.

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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Budanova, V. I. 1982. Novoe i sistematike rodov Phaseolus L. i Vigna Savi. (Some new data on the systematics of the genera Phaseolus L. and Vigna Savi.). Trudy Prikl. Bot. 72:19.
  3. Doi, K. et al. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of genus Vigna subgenus Ceratotropis based on rDNA ITS and atpB-rbcL intergenic spacer of cpDNA sequences. Genetica 114:129-145.
  4. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage Note: = Phaseolus aconitifolia Jacq.
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  7. Jaiwal, P. K. & A. Gulati. 1995. Current status and future strategies of in vitro culture techniques for genetic improvement of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L .) Wilczek). Euphytica 86:167-181. Note: mentions
  8. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  10. Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:66.
  11. Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:213.
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  13. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  14. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  15. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
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  20. Tomooka, N. et al. 2002. The Asian Vigna: genus Vigna subgenus Ceratotropis genetic resources
  21. Tomooka, N. et al. 2011. Chapter 15. Vigna. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, legume crops and forages 291-311.
  22. Verdcourt, B. 1970. Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoideae for the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa': IV. Kew Bull. 24:557.
Common names
English
mat-bean –
moth-bean –
French
haricot mat –
German
Mattenbohne –
India
math –
moth –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:66.
Environmentalsoil improvergreen manureMaesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:66.
Human foodpotential as pulse National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Human foodvegetable National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
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=41595. Accessed 1 May 2025.