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Fabaceae

Hairypod cowpea

Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vigna

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Hairypod cowpea: A cow-pea blossom (not cow-pee...that's something else) at Juno Dunes Natural Area with the ever-present ant friends who protect it. This member of the Fabaceae
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Arabic
لوبياء صفراء
Chinese
長葉豇豆, 长叶豇豆, 狭叶豇豆, 狹葉豇豆
English
Hairypod cowpea
Hebrew
לוביה מצרית
Japanese
ナガバハマササゲ

Synonyms

  • Callicysthus volubilis Endl.
  • Calopogonium pedunculatum Standl.
  • Calopogonium pendunculatum Standl.
  • Dolichos abyssinicus Steud.
  • Dolichos emarginatus P.Beauv.
  • Dolichos gangeticus Roxb.
  • Dolichos glycinoides Kunth
  • Dolichos helicopus (E.Mey.) Steud.
  • Dolichos luteolus Jacq.
  • Dolichos mexicanus Schltdl.
  • Dolichos niloticus Delile
  • Dolichos repens L.
  • Dolichos sinensis Forssk.
  • Lablab javanicus Miq.
  • Phasellus violaceus Moench
  • Phaseolus abyssinicus DC.
  • Phaseolus luteolus (Jacq.) Gagnep.
  • Phaseolus marinus Burm.
  • Phaseolus maritimus Hassk.
  • Phaseolus violaceus Moench
  • Scytalis helicopus E.Mey.
  • Scytalis helicopus var. major E.Mey.
  • Scytalis helicopus var. minor E.Mey.
  • Vigna acuminata Hayata
  • Vigna brachystachys Benth.
  • Vigna brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth.
  • Vigna bukobensis Harms
  • Vigna fischeri Harms
  • Vigna gangetica Kurz
  • Vigna glabra Savi
  • Vigna glabra var. angustifolia Engelm. & A.Gray
  • Vigna helicopus (E.Mey.) Walp.
  • Vigna hirsuta Feay ex Alph.Wood
  • Vigna holstii Harms
  • Vigna jaegeri Harms
  • Vigna longepedunculata Taub.
  • Vigna luteola var. angustifolia (Engelm. & A.Gray) S.Watson
  • Vigna luteola var. angustifolia B.L.Rob.
  • Vigna luteola var. luteola
  • Vigna luteola var. villosa (Savi) Baker

and 9 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.