Vigna antunesii

Botanical Description

Vigna antunesii is a herbaceous, perennial plant growing from a thick, often extensively branched, frequently horizontal woody rootstock. The stem are at first erect, later becoming prostrate or, less often, climbing; they are usually 60 - 180cm long. The plant nearly always comes into flower before the leaves appear[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 1441 Title Eminia, Rhynchosia et Vigna (Fabacées) à̀ complexes amylolytiques employés dans la région Zambésienne pour la fabric Publication Belgian Journal of Botany 125:41-60; January 1992 Author Pauwels L.; Mulkay P.; Ngoy K.; Delaude C. Publisher Year 1992 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its root, which is one of several species used locally to make a very popular alcoholic beverage known as 'munkoyo beer'.