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VIGNA UNGUICULATA VAR CYLINDRICA [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Two related subspecies [of the cowpea (Vigna sinensis]) are the asparagus bean (Vigna sinensis var sesquipedalis) and the catjang (V. sinensis var. cylindrica).... Catjang cowpeas are erect semibushy plants with small oblong seeds borne is small pods 3 to 5 inches long.

OBS

catjang: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le dolic mongette, très répandu en Chine, en Louisiane, un peu dans le sud de la France (où on l'appelle «bannette») et en Italie; il ressemble à un haricot à petits grains (on mange les jeunes gousses comme des haricots verts et les grains à maturité comme des pois secs.

OBS

Vigna catjang Walp.

OBS

vigna cylindrica (L.) Skeels.

OBS

catjang : termes normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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