# Talk:Cowpea

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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)

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". 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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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)

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

I have noted that the health benefits from consumption of this crop have not been exausted in terms of potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus.
This site is also available in Shona Language on:
http://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyemba
thanks
--212056719Bopoto  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgebopoto (talk • contribs) 22:03, 5 October 2012 (UTC) 

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in portuguese language the name is from eastern indias in today celebes and makassar and not from daome kingdom (southern benin)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 179.154.71.235 (talk) 23:15, 29 September 2018 (UTC) 

Ahem @Diannaa: What? Invasive Spices (talk) 21:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

It was copied from here and even included the header "I. History". The source webpage is marked as "©  1994-2021 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, Division of Cooperative Extension of UWEX."— Diannaa (talk) 21:23, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
@Diannaa: Ok that wasn't clear. What I meant was: I think you didn't notice. I don't know how it works but somehow two edits were deleted, not just the one from the IP editor. I would've included a link to the diff but those links get deleted too, so: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cowpea&action=history. Invasive Spices (talk) 21:44, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Okay now I get it. Two edits got revision deleted, but only the content added by the IP was removed. Please see this diff. Your amendments are still extant. In order to completely remove the material from the page history, all the intervening edits have to be hidden, from the time of insertion of the copyright material to its removal. This means that in many instances, harmless edits like yours have to be hidden.— Diannaa (talk) 21:48, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
I see. Ok. I saw the ------ and assumed that's what it meant. I didn't even think to check if my stuff was still there or not. Invasive Spices (talk) 21:58, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

I'd like to propose Black-eyed pea into this page; both pages refer to the same binomial species, and this page has more content. Ambarish (talk) 18:01, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

There are articles for other subspecies: Catjang and Asparagus bean. Why merge just one of the subspecies? Plantdrew (talk) 18:52, 4 September 2023 (UTC)