Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Burkina Faso, West Africa

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Fruit: Edible to birds
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Haricot Rouge du Burkina Faso'
  • 'Red bean from Burkina Faso'

Common names
  • Cow Pea
  • Cowpea
  • Southern Pea

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