SC - Truck Crops

[Decker, Terry D.]

No, the field pea is Pisum sativum.  The black-eyed pea is Vigna sinensis
and is related to the yard-long bean, Vigna unguiculata.  They are both
members of the pulse family, but then, so is carob.

In pre-Columbian Europe, the Latin "phaseolus" is used to describe members
of genus Vigna and was later applied to the New World beans shaped like a
kidney.  Phaseolus then became the genus name for the New World beans.

Bear

> The field pea, IIRC, is descended from the N. African pea that is like
> our black-eyed pea.
> 
> Regards,
> Allison,     allilyn at juno.com