EPPO Global Database

Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata(VIGSC)

Overview
Code created in: 1999-10-19

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: VIGSC
  • Preferred name: Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Walpers

Notes

Most of Africa. Introduced in Ukraine, Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia (Yemen, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Java, Philippines), China, Korea, southern USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Ecuador, Colombia, Guianas, central Brazil, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Dolichos catjang Burman
Dolichos lubia Forsskål
Dolichos melanophthalmus de Candolle
Dolichos sinensis Linnaeus
Phaseolus cylindricus Linnaeus
Vigna catjang (Burman) Walpers
Vigna cylindrica (Linnaeus) Skeels
Vigna sinensis (Linnaeus) Savi ex Hasskarl
Vigna sinensis subsp. cylindrica (Linnaeus) van Eseltine
Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (Linnaeus) Vercourt

Common names
Name Language
catjang English
catjang cowpea English
chowlee English
loubia English
Catjangbohne German
Lubiabohne German
banette French
dolique de Chine French
dolique moujette French
vigna cinese Italian
culita Portuguese
feijão-frade Portuguese
feijoeiro-de-duas-caras Portuguese
feijoeiro-de-lagartixa Portuguese
feijoeiro-frade Portuguese
feijoeiro-pequeno Portuguese
frijão-de-China Portuguese
jiāng dòu Chinese
豇豆 Chinese