Common name
English: Black Eye Pea, Cowpea
German: Kuhbohne
Mandarin: 豇豆 (jiang dou)
Portuguese: Feijão Caupi
English: Black Eye Pea, Cowpea
German: Kuhbohne
Mandarin: 豇豆 (jiang dou)
Portuguese: Feijão Caupi
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Vigna (3)
Epithet: unguiculata (L.)Walp. (2)
Synonym: Dolichos unguiculatus L.
unguiculata => having what appear to be claws or finger-nails (anguis, a nail or claw)
unguiculatus => having what appear to be claws or finger-nails (anguis, a nail or claw)
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow, beige, white
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