Fabaceae
Cowpea
Vigna minima
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vigna
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 小豇豆, 贼小豆, 歪头菜, 台湾小豇豆, 琉球豇豆
- English
- Cowpea
- Japanese
- ヒナアズキ
Synonyms
- Azukia heterophylla (Hosok.) Masam.
- Azukia minima (Roxb.) Ohwi
- Azukia nakashimae (Ohwi) Ohwi
- Azukia riukiuensis (Ohwi) Ohwi
- Phaseolus demissus Kitag.
- Phaseolus heterophyllus Hayata
- Phaseolus luteus Blume ex Miq.
- Phaseolus minimus Roxb.
- Phaseolus minimus f. heterophyllus Hosok.
- Phaseolus minimus f. linealis Hosok.
- Phaseolus minimus f. lobatus (Kitag.) Kitag.
- Phaseolus minimus f. rotundifolius Hosok.
- Phaseolus minimus f. typicus Hosok.
- Phaseolus minimus var. borealis (Kitag.) Kitag.
- Phaseolus nakashimae Ohwi
- Phaseolus nakashimae f. lobatus Kitag.
- Phaseolus nakashimae var. borealis Kitag.
- Phaseolus riukiuensis Ohwi
- Phaseolus rotundifolius Hayata
- Vigna lutea var. minor Matsum.
- Vigna marina subsp. riukiuensis (Ohwi) S.S.Ying
- Vigna minima f. dimorphaphylla T.L.Wu
- Vigna minima f. heterophylla (Hosok.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi
- Vigna minima f. linealis (Hosok.) T.C.Huang & H.Ohashi
- Vigna minima subsp. minima
- Vigna minima var. minor (Matsum.) Tateishi
- Vigna nakashimae (Ohwi) Ohwi & H.Ohashi
- Vigna riukiuensis (Ohwi) Ohwi & H.Ohashi
Photos
Photo: M108t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Koala0090, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.