SC - Truck Crops
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Fri May 5 11:58:33 PDT 2000
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
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