Vigna unguiculata (L.)Walp.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Vigna Savi
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [210][336][754][963][1790][1915][2825]

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Common Names:

• Barbati [2264]
  
• Black Eye Pea [1941]
  
• Bo‰me [1941]
  
• Boeme [1941]
  
• C upi [1645]
  
• Catjang [1915] [210] [336]
  
• Caupˇ [1645]
  
• Common Cowpea [2908]
  
• Cow Pea [210] [2264] [1941]
  
• Cowpea [1645] [210] [336]
  
• Frijol de Vaca [2157]
  
• Kulthi [2264]
  
• Pois Inconnu [2157]
  
• Pois Liane [2157]
  
• Pois Manger Cochon [2157]
  
• Yard Long Bean [1941] [336]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
  • 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
  • 1998 Heald J
  • 1999-05 Heald J
• Further editing:
  • 2001-06 Pasquet RS
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 2001-06 Pasquet RS
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Food and Drink [2266] [210]
  
• Forage [1862] [2908]
  
• Medicine [1862]
  
• Weed [3090]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [561] [1765]
  • Angola-ISO [210]
  • Botswana [8]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Chad [64]
  • Djibouti [1765]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [8]
  • Ethiopia [210]
  • Gambia The [8]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [210]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Liberia [212]
  • Malawi [8]
  • Mali [561]
  • Mozambique [210]
  • Namibia-ISO [232]
  • Niger [212]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Rwanda [220]
  • Sao Tome & Principe [217]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • South Africa [336]
  • Sudan [29]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [23]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [210]

• Asia [1914] [1938] [1939] [1942] [1969] [1979] [2908]
  • Afghanistan [1939]
  • Cambodia [1942]
  • India [2908]
  • India-ISO [1914]
  • Indonesia-ISO [1969]
  • Iran [1939]
  • Iraq [1939]
  • Laos [1942]
  • Pakistan [1938]
  • Philippines [1979]
  • Sri Lanka
  • Vietnam [1942]

• Australasia [261] [1880]
  • Australia [1880]
    • Queensland [1880]
  • Papua New Guinea [261]

• Caribbean [1790] [2157]
  • Caribbean-TRP [1790]
  • Dominican Republic [2157]
  • Haiti [2157]

• Central America [1645] [2156]
  • El Salvador [2156]
  • Guatemala [1645]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [1941] [1982] [3054]
  • Aldabra [1941]
  • Comoro Is [3054]
  • Madagascar [1982]
  • Mauritius [1915]
  • Seychelles [1941]

• Middle East [1939]
  • Yemen [1939]

• Pacific Ocean [261] [2264] [2266] [2968]
  • Bismarck Archipelago [261]
  • Fiji [2264]
  • Niue [2266]
  • Society Is [2968]

• South America [2090] [2285]
  • French Guiana [2285]
  • Guyana [2285]
  • Peru [2090]
  • Surinam [2285]

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Notes:

• Many cultivated forms; nomenclature of these somewhat disputed.
  
• Verdcourt recognises 5 ssp.:u.;cylindrica;sesquipedalis;dekindtiana;mensensis. [280]
  
• Marechal et al. recognise two more ssp.:stenophylla & tenuis. [336]
  
• Marechal et al. place sesquipedalis & cylindrica as 'cultivar groups'. [336]
  
• Marechal et al. place ssp.mensensis as a var. of ssp.dekindtiana. [336]
  
• Verdcourt's classification is retained here, pro tem.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:00:19