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World Food Map

All Food Groups
Legumes

cowpeas

Common NamesBeans, Black eyed beans, black eyed peas, cowpea, cowpeas
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cowpeas is commonly consumed in 29 countries.
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Benin
Common name: black eyed peas
Burkina Faso
Common name: cowpeas, cowpeas
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
DRC
Egypt
Eswatini
Gambia
Common name: cowpea
Guinea
India
Iraq
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Common name: Beans
Philippines
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Common name: Black eyed beans
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Common name: cowpeas, cowpeas
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Family
Fabaceae
Species
Vigna unguiculata
Part Consumed
Seeds
Centers of Origin
Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Other ResourcesPeriodic Table of FoodFood composition data on Periodic Table of Food Initiative coming in a future release