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|image_caption=Black-eyed peas, ''Vigna unguiculata'' ssp. ''dekindtiana''
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Three species of Vigna are in common cultivation: the cowpea, V. sinensis; the catjang, V. Catjang; and the asparagus bean, V. sesquipedalis. The asparagus bean (V. sesquipedalis) can be used as a forage plant for stock, or the green pods may be cooked as a snap bean since they are more tender and brittle than those of the cowpea or catjang. This species is little grown, however, due to a lack of productivity, except as a curiosity or novelty. The nomenclature of the cultivated varieties of the cowpea and catjang is almost hopelessly confused. Piper enumerates 220 agricultural varieties of the former and 50 of the latter. Formerly the name cowpea was restricted to the buff-colored or clay-pea, but it is now commonly used generically; it is an Americanism. Common generic terms now in use in the South are "black-eyed pea" and "corn-field pea." While the cowpea and the catjang are now employed mostly for animal food and green-manuring, the pea itself is a good human food and has been so used for many years. For table use the peas are best gathered when the pods first begin to change color; however, they are most extensively used from the dry ripe pods. As long ago as 1855 an excellent essay on cowpeas was written by Edmund Ruffin ("Essays and Notes on Agriculture," Richmond, 1855). Piper (Bulletin No. 229, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture) describes these three species as follows:
Three species of Vigna are in common cultivation: the cowpea, V. sinensis; the catjang, V. Catjang; and the asparagus bean, V. sesquipedalis. The asparagus bean (V. sesquipedalis) can be used as a forage plant for stock, or the green pods may be cooked as a snap bean since they are more tender and brittle than those of the cowpea or catjang. This species is little grown, however, due to a lack of productivity, except as a curiosity or novelty. The nomenclature of the cultivated varieties of the cowpea and catjang is almost hopelessly confused. Piper enumerates 220 agricultural varieties of the former and 50 of the latter. Formerly the name cowpea was restricted to the buff-colored or clay-pea, but it is now commonly used generically; it is an Americanism. Common generic terms now in use in the South are "black-eyed pea" and "corn-field pea." While the cowpea and the catjang are now employed mostly for animal food and green-manuring, the pea itself is a good human food and has been so used for many years. For table use the peas are best gathered when the pods first begin to change color; however, they are most extensively used from the dry ripe pods. As long ago as 1855 an excellent essay on cowpeas was written by Edmund Ruffin ("Essays and Notes on Agriculture," Richmond, 1855). Piper (Bulletin No. 229, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture) describes these three species as follows:
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The [[genus]] '''''Vigna''''' is in the [[plant]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Fabaceae]]. The genus is named after [[Dominico Vigna]] an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[botanist]] of the [[17th century]]. Many ''Vigna'' species are cultivated for food. They include some well-known and not so well known bean [[species]] formerly included in the genus ''[[Phaseolus]]''. Common names in this genus reflect its mixed taxonomic history as some are referred to as peas and others as beans.
The [[genus]] '''''Vigna''''' is in the [[plant]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Fabaceae]]. The genus is named after [[Dominico Vigna]] an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[botanist]] of the [[17th century]]. Many ''Vigna'' species are cultivated for food. They include some well-known and not so well known bean [[species]] formerly included in the genus ''[[Phaseolus]]''. Common names in this genus reflect its mixed taxonomic history as some are referred to as peas and others as beans.
*details of the [[biochemistry]]
*details of the [[biochemistry]]
==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
''Vigna'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Turnip Moth]].
==Varieties==
Examples of ''Vigna'' species cultivated for food include:
Examples of ''Vigna'' species cultivated for food include:
*''[[Vigna caracalla|V. caracalla]]''
*''[[Vigna caracalla|V. caracalla]]''
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Faboideae]]