Cowpea

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: ALANINE, ALUMINUM, BETA-AMYLASE, AMYLOSE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Fabaceae

Scientific name: Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata

Common names: Cowpea, Black-eyed Pea, Crowder Pea, Southern Pea, Feijão-Macassar, Feijão-Macáçar, Feijão-caupi, Feijão-de-Macáçar, Feijão-de-frade, Feijão-frade, Feijão-fradinho, Feijão-miúdo, Feijão-verde, Sari antaka makondri, Sari maka dodro, Voème, Zwartoogboon, black-eyed pea, cowpea, crowder pea, southern pea, vigna nechtíkatá pravá

History

Historical context is not documented in this record.

Origins and distribution

not documented in this record

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• Legume shovelomics: High—Throughput phenotyping of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata subsp, unguiculata) root architecture in the field · 2016 source ↗
• Effect of gamma irradiation on physicochemical properties, proximate composition, vitamins and antinutritional factors of the tribal pulse Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata · 2011 source ↗
• The effect of replicate size on germination of Glycine max and Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata · 2000 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• ALANINE
• ALUMINUM
• BETA-AMYLASE
• AMYLOSE
• ANTIMONY
• ARACHIDIC-ACID
• ARGININE
• ASCORBIC-ACID
• ASH
• ASPARTIC-ACID
• BARIUM
• BEHENIC-ACID
• BORON
• CALCIUM
• CARBOHYDRATES
• BETA-CAROTENE

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

World Flora Online Plant List · WFO dataset terms; see release metadata

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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