1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Vegetable
Aquatics, Flowering Plants
1.3 Origin
1.4 Types
Yardlong Bean
Black-Eyed Peas
Catjang
Dixie Lee Pea
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Fertile bottom land
Ponds
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Not Available
1.9 Habit
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
90.00 cm60.00 cm
0.54
3900
5.3.5 Minimum Width
8.11 Plant Color
8.11.1 Flower Color
White, Pink, Lavender
White
8.11.2 Flower Color Modifier
8.11.3 Fruit Color
White, Red, Green, Purple, Brown, Black
Non Fruiting Plant
8.11.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Purple
Light Green
8.11.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Purple
Light Green
8.11.6 Leaf Color in Fall
8.11.7 Leaf Color in Winter
8.12 Shape
8.12.1 Leaf Shape
8.13 Thorns
9 Season
9.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Early Summer, Late Summer
9.2 Growing Conditions
9.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun
9.2.2 Growth Rate
9.2.3 Type of Soil
9.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Aquatic Plant
9.2.5 Soil Drainage
9.2.6 Bloom Time
Indeterminate
Early Summer, Late Summer
9.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
9.3 Tolerances
10 Care
10.1 Where to Plant?
10.2 How to Plant?
10.3 Plant Maintenance
10.4 Watering Plants
10.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Plant grows in water
10.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Aquatic Plant
10.4.3 In Spring
10.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Aquatic Plant
10.5 Soil
10.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Aquatic Plant
10.5.2 Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Not Applicable
10.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Aquatic Plant
10.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun
10.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead flowers, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts, Remove deadheads
No need to prune
10.8 Fertilizers
Any balanced general purpose fertilizer
Fertilize the first year
10.9 Pests and Diseases
Nematodes, Red blotch
Leaf eating pests, Sap-Sucking Insects, Stem rot
10.10 Plant Tolerance
11 Facts
11.1 Flowers
11.1.1 Flower Petal Number
11.2 Fruits
11.2.1 Showy Fruit
11.2.2 Edible Fruit
11.3 Fragrance
11.3.1 Fragrant Flower
11.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
11.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
11.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
11.4 Showy Foliage
11.5 Showy Bark
11.6 Foliage Texture
11.7 Foliage Sheen
11.8 Evergreen
11.9 Invasive
11.10 Self-Sowing
11.11 Attracts
11.12 Allergy
Legume allergy
Not Available
12 Benefits
12.1 Uses
12.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Showy Purposes, Water gardening
12.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Good for skin, Moisturizing, Weightloss
12.1.3 Edible Uses
12.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Not Available
12.2 Plant Benefits
12.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Diuretic, Stomachic
Antibacterial, Anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, Antioxidants, Astringent, Clears heat, Combats Stress, Detoxification, Diabetes, High cholestrol, Improve heart health, Liver problems, Low Blood Pressure, Phosphorus, Rich in Iron, Vitamin B, Vitamin C
12.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Seedpod, Seeds
Leaves, Root, Stem
12.2.3 Other Uses
Not Available
Can be made into a herbal tea, Culinary use, Used as Ornamental plant, Used in herbal medicines
12.3 Used As Indoor Plant
12.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
12.5 Garden Design
Edible, Herb, Vegetable, Tropical
Bog Garden, Water Gardens
13 Scientific Name
13.1 Botanical Name
VIGNA unguiculata
Nymphaea lotus
13.2 Common Name
Blackeyed Pea
Cowpea
white Egyptian lotus, tiger lotus, white lotus or Egyptian white water-lily
13.2.1 In Hindi
13.2.2 In German
13.2.3 In French
niébé
Lotier d'Égypte, Lotus tigré
13.2.4 In Spanish
caupí
loto tigre, nenúfar blanco egipcio
13.2.5 In Greek
13.2.6 In Portuguese
Koopea
nenúfar-branco, lótus-branco, lótus-do-egipto, loto-sagrado-do-egito e lótus-sagrado-do-egito
13.2.7 In Polish
13.2.8 In Latin
14 Classification
14.1 Kingdom
14.2 Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
14.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
14.4 Order
14.5 Family
14.6 Genus
14.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms
14.8 Tribe
Not Available
Not Available
14.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Not Available
14.10 Number of Species