From: Ethnobotanical study of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Senegal
Local Name | English translation | Meaning |
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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 |