Fabaceae
Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
Also known as Vigna unguiculata var. catjang, Dolichos sinensis var. rubiginosus, Liebrechtsia scabra, Vigna monachalis
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Cowpea · Black-Eyed Pea · Legume · Edible · Vegetable Garden · Nitrogen-Fixing · Tropical · Annual Crop · Heat Tolerant · Fast Growing
Cowpea is a heat-loving, fast-growing legume that thrives in full sun with regular watering during dry spells. It is remarkably low-maintenance and improves soil fertility by fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Plant in well-draining soil and avoid waterlogging to keep this vigorous grower healthy.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to moisten the root zone, then allow the top inch of soil to dry before watering again · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- -10°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 6a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Botswana, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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