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The entire plant is known for soil improvement [11] because of nitrogen fixation. Vigna subterranea is geocarpy which ripens its pods underground, much like the peanut (also called a groundnut). They can be eaten fresh or boiled after drying, and can be ground either fresh or dry to make puddings.
Vigna is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. [2] It includes some well-known cultivated species, including many types of beans . Some are former members of the genus Phaseolus .
Many crop plants are ... arietinum; cowpea, Vigna unguiculata. black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata; earth pea, Vigna subterranea; several species of ...
Vigna subterranea; To scientific name of a plant: This is a redirect from a vernacular ("common") name to the scientific name of a plant (or group of plants).
Adzuki beans Vigna angularis. 4. Black turtle beans Phaseolus vulgaris. 5. Broad beans (fava beans) Vicia faba. 6. Bambara groundnuts/Bambara beans Vigna subterranea. Nopales opuntia (Fruiting prickly pear) 7. Cowpeas Vigna unguiculata. 8. Lentils Lens culinaris 9. Marama beans Tylosema esculentum 10. Mung beans Vigna radiata 11. Soy beans ...
Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) – Vigna hosei; Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) – Cajanus albicans, Cajanus scarabaeoides, Cajanus sericeus, Cajanus acutifolius [25] Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) – Cicer reticulatum, Cicer echinospermum [26] Vetch (Vicia sativa) – Vicia barbazitae; Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis var. angularis) – Vigna ...
Pages in category "Vigna" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... Vigna subterranea; T. Vigna trilobata; U. Vigna umbellata; Vigna unguiculata;
The Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) is also grown in abundance; Burkina Faso produced some 20,000 tonnes in 1989, after peanuts (160,000 tonnes) and cowpeas (74,000 tonnes). [19] Between 1982 and 1985, an attempt was made to improve the Bambara groundnut, an initiative which involved the participation of plant breeders in the Grain ...