Cowpea
Vigna unguiculata
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Vigna Species: unguiculata
Synonyms: Vigna unguiculata subvar. typica, Phaseolus unguiculatus, Dolichos unguiculatus
Cowpea (en)
Vigna unguiculata — flower
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Vigna unguiculata — flower
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Vigna unguiculata — flower
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Vigna unguiculata — flower
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Vigna unguiculata — flower
Botanical Description
Flower: Color: purple; Conspicuous
Foliage: Color: green; Texture: coarse
Fruit/Seed: Color: black
Native Region: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Chemistry & External Identifiers
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