Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (L.) Walp.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Basionym : Dolichos unguiculatus L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
  • Common name : Cow pea, Asparagus Bean, Barbati, Black Eye Pea, Blue Goose Southern Pea, Common Cowpea, Southern Pea
  • Vernacular name :
    • Halsandi (Kannada)
    • Alasandalu (Telugu)
    • Jhurango (Oria)
    • Kollu (Tamil)
    • Kottapayar (Malayalam)
    • Galjaramba, Lobia, Ravas (Hindi)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated as a crop up to 3000m.
  • Key identification features : Suberect or twiner, herbaceous
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Thane district
    • Odisha : Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Na
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Cultivated in the Tropics
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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