Photo: Vigna unguiculata 3.
var. sesquipedalis. Bean and leaf. Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Greenhouse. 2012-07-05.
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
Engl.: asparagus bean, black-eyed bean, black-eyed pea, catjang, catjang cowpea, cow pea, horse gram, long bean, yard long bean.
Deu.: Augenbohne, Catjangbohne.
Fran.: dolique asperge, haricot asperge.
Sven.: långböna, spagettiböna.
Suom.: pitkäpapu, käärmepapu, lehmänpapu.
Bot. syn.: Dolichos biflorus L., Dolichos sesquipedalis L., Dolichos sinensis L., Dolichos sphaerospermus (L.) DC., Dolichos unguiculatus L., Vigna sinensis (L.) Hassk.
var. sesquipedalis. Bean and leaf. Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Greenhouse. 2012-07-05.
var. sesquipedalis. Vine. Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Greenhouse. 2012-07-05.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
They really are a yard long. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Storebought. 2004-11-27.
One end of a bunch of yard-long beans. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Storebought. 2004-11-27.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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