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Table 7 Local names, English translation and historical references

From: Ethnobotanical study of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Senegal

Local Name

English translation

Meaning

Baye Ngagne

Baye Ngagne or black cowpea

A person’s name

Delleugane Labial

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Delleugane Leukhmare

Black cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Fithionouny oufithial

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Gouana

Goana

Refer to the agricultural program GOANA

Hectare

Hectare

The seed’s pleasing appearance

Mame Fama

Mame Fama

A person’s name

Marame Penda

Marame Penda

A person’s name

Melakh

Melakh = Flash

The variety early maturing cycle

Mosse kham

Taste to know

The taste

Ndao counda

Ndao counda

A person’s name

Ndiaga aw

Ndiaga aw

A person’s name

Ndiaye wekh

White Ndiaye

The color of the seed coat

Ndieussiw

Ndieussiw

The capacity to produce fodder

Nenou Naat

Guinea fowl’s egg

The color of the seed coat, which has brown speckles

Niao balne

Black cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niao ndane

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe bou wekh

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe baledjo

Black cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe bodedjo

Red cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe bodedjo-baledjo

Black-white cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe bou khonk

Red cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe bou khonk bou didji

Red cowpea with big seeds

The seed size and color

Niebe bou khonk bou sew

Red cowpea with small seeds

The seed size and color

Niebe bou nioul

Black cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe bou wekh

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe bou wekh bou didj

White cowpea with big seeds

The seed size and color

Niebe bou wekh bou sew

White cowpea with small seeds

The seed size and color

Niebe danedjo

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Niebe fouta

Fouta cowpea

Originally from Fouta and mainly used for floodplain cultivation

Niebe Kell

Kell cowpea

 

Niebe Koudioule

  

Niebe Mame Diarra

Mame Diarra cowpea

A person’s name

Niebe poude

Grayish cowpea

The seed’s faded color

Niebe poury

Grayish cowpea

The seed’s faded color

Oufithion otopeul

Black cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Oufithion oudjankfan

Red cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Pakau

Pakau

 

Petit pois

Pea

The seed’s roundish shape

Samba sagnal

 

A person’s name

Saneba sosso

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Seupe bou khonk

Red cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Seupe bou wekh

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Sosso fima

  

Sosso fing

Black cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Sosso Khoyo

  

Sosso koyma

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Sosso meunie

White cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Sosso meunie maynama

Late white cowpea

The seed size and color

Sosso missew

  

Sosso resse mesengo

  

Sosso wouleroung

Pale red cowpea

The color of the seed coat

Tachet

Spotted

The color of the seed coat, which is brown spotted

Tamate awo

First wives’ tomato

The seed’s red color means that less tomato paste is used to prepare rice-based dishes

Walette

Early

The seed’s early maturity

Walette bou nioul

Black Early

The seed’s early maturity and color

Walette bou wekh

White Early

The seed’s early maturity and color

Yacine

Yacine

 

Yakhoul tamate

That wastes no tomatoes

The seed’s red color means that less tomato paste is used to prepare dishes