vigna trilobata

Vigna trilobata (African gram, three-lobe-leaf cowpea, jungle mat bean) is a regenerating annual (though occasionally perennial) herb found in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Afghanistan and the Malay archipelago.

Vigna trilobata is an annual or perennial legume. It has reddish stems, glabrous or rarely pubescent, which are prostrate and trailing (rarely weakly twining) to 50 cm (20 in). The leaves are trifoliolate, on petioles 1–11 cm (0.39–4.33 in) long, with leaflets ovate in outline that are ...