I'm trying to add a picture of my pigley pigeon pea to the plant database, but I'm doing it wrong. This is what I have entered:

I'm assuming "pigley" is part of the common name not a cultivar name. If so, the plant is already in the database here:

Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)

IF "pigley" is a cultivar of pigeon peas, you would need to add it like this:

Primary common name: Pigeon Pea
Accepted botanical name(Genus species): Cajanus cajan
Cultivar: Pigley

I think that Baker Creek used the made up name 'Pigley' to make the seeds sound cute.

Can you describe the taste of pigeon peas, Greene? I'm hoping they aren't like black eyed peas.

My favorite vegetable is broccoli. Second favorite is homestyle baked beans with brown sugar and molasses, mmmmm, good.
Apologies to people who actually like black eyed peas, but I have never eaten a black eyed pea so don't know what they taste like.

Sorry, I don't like to eat Pigeon Peas; I only like to grow them. I often grow vegetables so my neighbors can have free food; or I grow the plants so I can save seeds to trade.

I could hide the Pigeon Peas in a vegetable soup like Minestrone and fool myself - to me they are like Lima beans, yuck; toss a handful of Pigeon Peas into a spicy rice dish and maybe I wouldn't notice them; make a curry soup and use the blender to make them disappear - curry makes everything taste good.

Some people prepare the Pigeon Peas (in the pods) like Edamame...another thing I don't care for, but maybe with enough salt.??

I agree with greene, I think "Pigley" Pigeon Peas is probably just a common name used by Baker Creek Nursery and I bet if you e-mailed them they would tell you if it's a cultivar or a common name. It's been awhile but I had Pigeon Peas with some kind of rice dish a long time ago when vacationing in the Bahamas (at least I think they were Pigeon Peas) and they didn't taste at all like Black Eyed Peas, but I don't remember them tasting like lima beans either. It's been so long though that I don't remember really how to describe the taste. I love both Black Eyed Peas and Lima Beans but I don't cook either of them very often because my husband doesn't like them and it's too much trouble to cook them just for one.

By the way, when googling I found this interesting info about growing Pigeon Peas: http://www.tropicalpermacultur...

"Some people prepare the Pigeon Peas (in the pods) like Edamame...another thing I don't care for, but maybe with enough salt.??"

Or maybe with enough alcohol, Greene!

Thanks everyone, for all the info.