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Taxon: Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata

Genus: Vigna subgenus: Vigna section: Catiang
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Phaseoleae subtribe: Phaseolinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 300675
Comment: or V. unguiculata Unguiculata Group
Name verified on: 06-Dec-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Oct-2006
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 6839 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘VIGNA’ ) or .


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Common names:

  • black-eyed-pea   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  • clay-pea   (Source: web document) – English
  • cowpea   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • cream-pea   (Source: web document) – English
  • crowder-pea   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  • purple-hull-pea   (Source: web document) – English
  • southern-pea   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • haricot indigène   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • niébé   (Source: Pl GR Newsl 96:32.) – French
  • pois à vaches   (Source: Pl GR Newsl 96:32.) – French
  • Augenbohne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • costeño   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • frijol de costa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • rabiza   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: soil improver   (fide Pl Res SEAs, as V. unguiculata Unguiculata Group; Cover Crop Database)
  • Human food: vegetable   (fide Pl Res SEAs, as V. unguiculata Unguiculata Group)
  • Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide Pl Res SEAs, as V. unguiculata Unguiculata Group)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as V. unguiculata)
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Distributional range:

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated in tropics & subtropics

References:

  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
  • Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 1:77. [= V. unguiculata Unguiculata Group].
  • Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:191. [includes subspp. cylindrica & sesquipedalis].
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:32.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
  • Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database. (Cover Crop Database)
  • Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes. (Leg New Guinea)

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata:

  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images or nodulation data:

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  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.
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