What is Black-eyed pea?
{{redirect|Black-eyed peas|the hip-hop group|The Black Eyed Peas}} {{taxobox |name = Black-eyed pea |image = BlackeyeBean.jpg |regnum = [[Plant]]ae |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] |ordo = [[Fabales]] |familia = [[Fabaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Faboideae]] |genus = ''[[Vigna]]'' |species = ''[[Vigna unguiculata|V. unguiculata]]'' |subspecies = '''''V. u.'' subsp. ''unguiculata''''' |trinomial = ''Vigna unguiculata'' subsp. ''unguiculata'' |trinomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) Walp. |}} The '''black-eyed pea''', also called '''black-eyed bean''', a [[subspecies]] of the [[cowpea]], is a medium-sized [[wikt:edible|edible]] [[bean]]. Humans first grew the pea probably in [[West Africa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Vigna_unguiculata.htm |title=Tropical Forages: an interactive selection tool. Vigna ungiculata Factsheet |publisher= CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (CSIRO), Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F Queensland), Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |date=June 2005}}</ref> but it is now grown all over the world. [[File:Black-eyed-pea.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Close-up of black-eyed peas]] In [[Nigeria]], and the [[Caribbean]], a [[traditional]] dish called ''[[Acarajé|akara]]'' is made of mashed black-eyed peas and [[salt]], [[Onion|onions]] and [[Pepper|peppers]] are added. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Faboideae]]