Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr.

EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
this material is restricted, it is subject to the RBG KEW
terms and conditions under which it was supplied.
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Trailing or sometimes twining herb, usually
spreading along the sand, the stems green or
reddish, sometimes rooting along the older stems
where they become buried; roots with nodules.
Leaves trifoliolate; petiole ± fleshy, channelled
above; leaflets ± herbaceous, 3-veined from the
base, deep green and matt above, similar beneath,
glabrous. Inflorescences erect from leaf axils, the
flowers c. 6-12 clustered at the tip, only 1 or 2 open
at once, opening sequentially from the base.
Flowers 15-17 mm tall, lemon yellow; calyx 4-
lobed, the upper lobe broad and rounded; standard
erect, broad, notched at the apex (c. 13 mm tall, 20
mm broad), bright yellow tinged pale green behind;
wings c. 13 x 7.5 mm, bright yellow, curled around
the keel tip; keel c. 10 mm long, pale green, deeply
rounded below, with a short beak. Pods cylindrical,
pendulous, pale green.
D.J. & B.P. Du Puy, G. Rafamantanantsoa &
G. Schatz
12.11.89	M373
FLORA OF MADAGASCAR
Vigna marina (Burman) Merrill
E Madagascar, Bay of Antongil, Cap Masoala
(West Coast), at Antalavia.
Map Ref.: 15°47'S 50°0rE
Vegetation behind beach, on pure sand, in front of
Pandanus and shrubs.	Alt.	c.	1	m
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