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Vigna unguiculata

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Vigna unguiculata
plant in the legume family Fabaceae; high-protein legume; used as hay or the seed is used as a concentrate feed. Can cause nitrate-nitrite poisoning. Called also V. catjang, V. sesquipedalis, V. sinensis, cowpea.
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Aqueous extracts of leaf and bark of Grewia oppositifolia, Ficus roxburghii, Bauhinia variegata, and Kydia calycina were tested on Echinochloa frumentacea, Eleusine coracana, Zea mays, Vigna unguiculata, and Glycine max test crops and it was found that the bark and leaf are most toxic to food crops (Kaletha et al.
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Albala also provides a brief history of dhal, of the use of adzuki beans (Vigna angularis) in red bean paste, of the soybean (Glycine max), of the relationship between navies and beans, of Vigna unguiculata, the black-eyed pea, and remarks knowledgeably and in passing about cassoulet, cholent and falafel wars.
Let's hear it for the lowly legume by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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