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Common name

English: Bambara Groundnut

German: Bambara-Erdnuss, Erderbse

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Vigna (3)

            Epithet: subterranea (L.)Verdc. (1)

Synonyms: Glycine subterranea L., Voandzeia subterranea (L.)Thouars, Voandzeia subterranea (L.)DC.

subterranea => underground

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Vigna subterranea at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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