name: Catjang Pea

flavor_db_name_variants: catjang pea

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Catjang pea

id: 342

name_scientific: Vigna unguiculata ssp. cylindrica

description: Catjang (Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica) is a subspecies of cowpea. The catjang plant is native to Africa, and is an erect densely branched shrubby perennial of Old World tropics. It now grows in other warm regions, as well. In the US, it is grown primarily as fodder, but elsewhere is used as a food crop. The name comes from Indonesian and Malay kacang, a generic word for beans and nuts.

itis_id: 524854

wikipedia_id: Vigna_unguiculata_subsp._cylindrica

picture_file_name: 347.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 74029

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:36:53.000Z

legacy_id: 374

food_group: Pulses

food_subgroup: Peas

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:36.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:23.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3840

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00342