Talk:Cowpea

Name

This page is where it should be, there is no such thing as a cowbean. I forgot to get cow bean deleted when I made the move --nixie 23:08, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Anonymous note and references moved from Vigna

Note: Vigna unguiculata is a controversial species, however, based on the taxonomy in 4 (out of 5) references below (supported by hundreds of taxonomists) the black-eyed pea is not ssp. dekindtiana but V. unguiculata ssp. unguiculata. "dekindtiana" refers to a wild subspecies. If the editors disagree with this view they should remove some of the references / links below. I am not completely familiar with the American vernacular but I wonder if "Cowpea", "Black-eyed pea", and "Southern pea" should not be under the same botanical name. Given that they are neither the catjang type nor the yardlong type, nor presumably the wild type, they can only be ssp. unguiculata. It is likely that one needs to go below the subspecific level in order to resolve the disagreements on taxonomy. The USDA ARS GRIN site provides plenty of photographs of flowers and seeds that will convince anyone that this is an extremely complex problem.

• Multilingual taxonomic information from the University of Melbourne
• ITIS Standard Report Page: Vigna
• GRIN-CA Taxonomy for Vigna
• USDA - ARS - GRIN Taxonomy for Vigna unguiculata
• USDA - ARS - GRIN Accessions displaying flowers and seeds of subsp. dekindtiana
• Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural & Horticultural Crops.

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Human Consumption

According to http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/cgi-bin/CCrop.exe/show_crop_15, not only is the seed useful for human consumption, but the leaves of the plant can be eaten as a vegetable. Anyone else heard this?

Uses
Seeds can be eaten fresh or dried for storage; leaves can be eaten as a vegetable, or used for forage or silage; and plants can be incorporated as green manure. Indeterminate cvs are best for subsistence farming, whereas erect, determinate forms are more suitable for commercial farming in monocultural systems (Duke, 1981; see McLeod, 1982).

I would say this is notable, as home gardeners would probably not think of eating the leaves of the plant, but waiting for the seed pods to develop. Perhaps this should be noted in the main article? I have to say that, while I was looking for guidance on harvesting my garden's patch of cowpea, I ran across that interesting page, and turned to Wikipedia to see what all it had to say about the subject. WocitJC (talk) 13:17, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Could we add a list of the local names for this plant in the places where it is grown? Then even link to the other language pages of wikipedia, if it exists. I would do it myself, but I'm not sure how...just wanted to make a quick note. In Mali, this is a major crop and it is known as Niébé. Chluke (talk) 20:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Blade 2005

I would like very much to read this Blade, 2005. Could anyone share a lead? Thanks Rotcaeroib (talk) 02:30, 1 March 2011 (UTC)