I would love to try your Vigna Caracalla seeds. I had this vine at my last home and miss it very much. Please have a look at my exchange list to see if we could set up a trade. Thank you, -Chandra

anyone has this plant please email me and we could work out a trade. davidmooc@yahoo.com

Hi. i am looking for seeds of the snail vine. The Vigna Phaseolus...the so called 'common type' vine. Not the Vigna Caracalla...the expensive vine with the brightly colored flowers. Just the purple colored flowers. I have tried to buy them on EBay and been cheated 3 times. Took my money and sent me nothing! So..I am hoping maybe there are some honest people in here that grow this vine and have the seeds and dont think they are worth $3.00 for EACH seed,and will send them when they get paid. Anyone???

"Escape"? Don't bet on it! Any member in the Fabaceae (Pea, bean) group has the potential to do so. Hawai'i has three native Vigna spp.: Vigna adenantha, with whitish and/or light purple flowers. Indigenous, but either very rare or now extinct in Hawaii. If it still grows here, I have no idea where. Vigna marina, or nanea, a beach or inland species with bright yellow flowers; a common indigenous species and easy to grow from seed. Use as a ground cover. Available at Home Depot or Hui Ku Maoli Ola on O'ahu. Vigna o-wahuensis, an endemic and endangered species but now available for cultivation. Grows in hot, dry locations. It has pale yellow flowers. Not as striking as V. marina, but very rare and worth growing. Hui Ku Maoli Ola (O'ahu) or Ho'olawa Farms (Maui) should have plants or seeds. I would highly encourage anyone in Hawaii to grow these instead of introduced species. Aloha, Kawika