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Longbean Vigna unguiculata

Other Common Name(s):

Phonetic Spelling
VIG-nah un-gwi-que-LAH-tah
Description

Cowpea is a useful spring-sown, summer cover crop

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Cultivars / Varieties:
Tags:
#cover crop#cover crop-summer
 
Dense foliage of trifoliolate leaves and long beans.
Vigna unguiculata Dinesh Valke CC-BY-SA 2.0 Download Image
Bluish purple pea flower
Vigna unguiculata Bernard DuPont CC-BY-SA 2.0 Download Image
Hand cradling a trifoliolate leaf.
Vigna unguiculata Harry Rose CC BY 2.0 Download Image
Flowers and long beans against the foliage of the plant.
Vigna unguiculata International Institute of Tropical Agriculture CC BY-NC 2.0 Download Image
Close-up of a pinkish purple pea flower
Vigna unguiculata Salomé Bielsa CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Download Image
Vine bearing long beans and trifoliolate leaves
Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis Tony Rodd CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Download Image
Plate of harvested long bean pods with reddish mottling.
Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis 'Mosaic' Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0 Download Image
Cultivars / Varieties:
Tags:
#cover crop#cover crop-summer
  • Attributes:
    Genus:
    Vigna
    Species:
    unguiculata
    Family:
    Fabaceae
  • Leaves:
    Hairs Present:
    No
  • Stem:
    Stem Is Aromatic:
    No