Black-eyed pea
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| Black-eyed pea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Vigna |
| Species: | V. unguiculata |
| Subspecies: | V. u. subsp. unguiculata |
| Trinomial name | |
| Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (L.) Walp. |
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The black-eyed pea, also called black-eyed bean, a subspecies of the cowpea, is a medium-sized edible bean. Humans first grew the pea probably in West Africa,[1] but it is now grown all over the world.
References [change]
- ↑ "Tropical Forages: an interactive selection tool. Vigna ungiculata Factsheet". CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (CSIRO), Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F Queensland), Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). June 2005. http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Vigna_unguiculata.htm.
