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Taxon:  Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr.



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Vigna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41617
Place of publication:
Interpr. Herb. amboin. 285. 1917
Comment:
non Vigna marina auct. Austral. (= V. luteola (Jacq.) Benth.)
Verified:
03/11/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr. subsp. marina (0 active accession[s])
Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr. subsp. oblonga (Benth.) S. Padulosi (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Phaseolus marinus Burm.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dolichos luteus Sw.
Scytalis retusa E. Mey.
Vigna lutea (Sw.) A. Gray
Vigna retusa (E. Mey.) Walp.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  2. Beyra, A. & G. Reyes Artiles. 2004. Revisión taxonómica de los géneros Phaseolus y Vigna (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) en Cuba. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 61:148-149.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  4. Craib, W. G. & A. F. G. Kerr, eds. 1925-1962. Florae siamensis enumeratio.
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  6. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117.
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  8. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
  9. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  10. Lawn, R. J. & A. R. Watkinson. 2002. Habitats, morphological diversity, and distribution of the genus Vigna Savi in Australia. Austral. J. Agric. Res. 53:1305-1316.
  11. Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia
  12. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Note: = Vigna retusa (E. Mey.) Walp.
  13. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  14. 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 28:166.
  15. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 94. Note: yellow flowers, but not native to Africa
  16. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
  17. Padulosi, S. & N. Q. Ng. 1993. A useful and unexploited herb, Vigna marina (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) and the taxonomic revision of its genetic diversity. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 62:119-126. Note: recognizes two subspecies
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  24. Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
  25. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.; sensu auct. = V. retusa
  26. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
dune-bean –
notched cowpea –
sea-bean –
Italian
vigna marina –
Japanese Rōmaji
hama-azuki –
hama-sasage –
Portuguese
batatarana –
Transcribed Chinese
bin jiang dou –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania coast
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique coast
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natalcoast
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin coast
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana coast
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia coast
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria coast
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon coast
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo coast
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo coast
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea coast
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon coast
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar coast
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles coast
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushucoast
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islandscoast
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentMaldives coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea coast
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Walesn.e.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territorycoast
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandcoast
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificVanuatu  
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilBahiacoast
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba coast
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica coast
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Ricocoast
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama coast
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania (coast)
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon (coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo (coast), Congo (coast), Gabon (coast), Equatorial Guinea (coast)
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin (coast), Ghana (coast), Liberia (coast), Nigeria (coast)
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique (coast)
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal (coast)]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar (coast), Seychelles (coast)
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Hainan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Kyushu (coast), Ryukyu Islands (coast)], Taiwan (coast)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka (coast), Maldives (coast)
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea (coast), Solomon Islands
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand (coast), Vietnam (coast)
  • MALESIA: Indonesia (coast), Malaysia (coast), Philippines (coast)
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (n.e.), Northern Territory (coast), Queensland (coast)]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Vanuatu
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba (coast), Jamaica (coast), United States [Puerto Rico (coast)]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Panama (coast)
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia (coast)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalsoil improverlocally used in Asia and AfricaPadulosi, S. & N. Q. Ng. 1993. A useful and unexploited herb, Vigna marina (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) and the taxonomic revision of its genetic diversity. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 62:119-126. Note: recognizes two subspecies
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=41617. Accessed 15 May 2025.