Vigna umbellata

Botanical Description

Vigna umbellata is an annual climbing plant producing slender stems up to 3 metres tall that scramble over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant can form a thick mat of growth. The plant is widely cultivated in the tropics, especially in Asia, for its edible seeds and seedpods[ 300 Title Vegetables in the Tropics Publication Author Tindall. H. D. Publisher MacMillan, Oxford. Year 1983 ISBN 0-333-24268-8 Description An excellent, in-depth look at the main vegetable crops that can be grown in the Tropics, plus many less well-known plants. ].