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Common names for cultivated cowpeas include black-eye pea, [8] southern pea, [9] niebe [10] (alternatively ñebbe), [11] and crowder pea. [12] All cultivated cowpeas are found within the universally accepted V. unguiculata subspecies unguiculata classification, which is then commonly divided into four cultivar groups: unguiculata , biflora ...
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. According to Hortus Third, Vigna differs from Phaseolus in biochemistry and pollen structure, and in details of the style ...
Many crop plants are known as peas, particularly . Pisum sativum. pea; marrowfat peas; snap pea; snow pea; split pea; and: chickpea, Cicer arietinum; cowpea, Vigna ...
Lathyrus pratensis or meadow vetchling, [1] yellow pea, [2] meadow pea [3] and meadow pea-vine, is a perennial legume that grows to 1.2 m in height. The hermaphrodite flowers are pollinated by bees. As a perennial, this plant reproduces itself over many years, spreading out from the point it was introduced, especially in damp grassy areas. This ...
The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, growing 0.5–6 m (1.5–19.5 feet) tall, with bipinnate leaves. The flowers are produced in cylindrical or globose inflorescences and have numerous long slender stamens which give rise to the common names powder-puff, powder puff plant, and fairy duster.
Like the name implies and similar to that of the history of the Iron and Clay pea it was a popular variety in the Confederate states of America. [8] After the Civil War Dixie Lee peas kept many southerners from starving to death, prior to which cowpeas were solely reserved as livestock feed and slave food. [9] [10]
Swainsona greyana is an erect perennial subshrub with several hairy stems, that typically grows to a height of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) or more. Its leaves are imparipinnate 100–150 mm (3.9–5.9 in) long with up to 17 to 21 elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide on a short petiole.
Beach pea is a common name for several plants and may refer to: . Vigna marina, known as nanea and notched cowpea, a species of legume in the family Fabaceae; Lathyrus japonicus, common names Sea Pea, Circumpolar Pea, and Sea Vetchling, a legume native to temperate coastal areas of Asia, Europe, and North and South America