Vigna unguiculata Unguiculata Group (Common names)

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See also Vigna unguiculata Sesquipedalis Group (Common names)

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Names in common use


  • English: cowpea; blackeyed pea, southern pea, crowder pea
  • German: Kuherbse, Kundebohne; Augenbohne
  • Dutch: zwartogenboontje
  • Swedish: ögonböna
  • Danish:
  • Norwegian:
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  • French: niébé (Afrique); haricot à l'œil noir; cornille, banette, voème
  • Italian: fagiolo dall'occhio nero
  • Spanish: judía careta, frijol de vaca, caupí
  • Catalan:
  • Portuguese: feijão frade, feijão fradinho, feijão de corda
  • Romanian:


  • Russian:
  • Polish: wspięga chińska, fasolnik chiński (scholarly)
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  • Turkish: börülce
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Sources and commentaries

In southern Europe, only one type is known, with white seeds and a black mark around the hilum. MC

  • Dutch
    • zwartogenboontjes. Ammerlaan Anneke et al., 1997. Ingrediënten. Zaandam, Albert Heijn. 480 p.