Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Trailing or climbing, twining vine, to 10 m long, manybranched from base; stems cylindrical, slender, sparsely pubescent. Leaflets 2.5-7.5 x 1-5 cm, ovate or lanceolate, chartaceous, sparsely pubescent along veins, the apex acute, the base cuneate to rounded, the margins ciliate; petioles 3.5-9 cm long; petiolules ca. 3-2 mm long; stipules lanceolate, ca. 3 mm long. Racemes axillary, few-flowered, to 30 cm long. Calyx bell-shaped, 4-5 mm long; corolla yellow, the standard 1.5-2 cm long, nearly rounded, the wings and keel as long as the standard. Legume 5-7 x 0.5-0.7 cm, linear-oblong, slightly flattened, constricted between seeds. Seeds few, 5 mm long, oblong to square, reddish brown.
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Discussion
Dolichos repens L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1163. 1759. Vigna repens (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. PL 1: 212. 1891, non Baker, 1876.
Common names: goat wiss, wild pea.
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Distribution
A common coastal vine, sometimes in open disturbed areas. Enighed (A4005). Also on St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Tortola; throughout tropical and subtropical America.
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