catjang

catjang

English

Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica

Etymology

From Indonesian kacang.

Noun

catjang (countable and uncountable, plural catjangs)

1. A cowpea native to Africa, Vigna unguiculata, sometimes Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica, a densely-branched shrubby perennial grown for animal fodder or food.
   • 1970, Curare, Volume 13, page 29,

     Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) and occasionally catjangs or cow peas (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) are grown along the Wahgi Valley (HIDE 1979:14).

   • 1991, A. O. Latunde-Dada, Genetic Manipulation of the Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) for Enhanced Resistance ro Fungal Pathogens and Insect Pests, Nyle C. Brady (editor), Advances in Agronomy, Volume 44, page 134,

     The Indian cultigroups of V. unguiculata ssp. unguiculata, namely, Biflora (the catjang bean) and Sesquipedalis (the yardlong or asparagus bean), arose probably by selection from the early cowpea domesticates (Faris, 1965).

   • 2012, Tong Kwee Lim, Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Volume 2: Fruits, page 968,

     Catjang bean is considered to have developed in India from cowpea (cultigroup Unguiculata) which originated in West Africa (Ng and Marechal 1985). Catjang is widely cultivated in India, China, Kampuchea, Japan, Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Africa and America.

Usage notes

• The subspecies name is not accepted. Catjang is also sometimes treated as a cultivar of Vigna unguiculata.

See also

• yardlong

Further reading

• catjang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vigna unguiculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• catjang at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• catjang at USDA Plants database