{{Short description|Subspecies of flowering plant}} {{hatnote|"Catjang" may also refer to Cajanus cajan}} {{infraspeciesbox |image = Vigna unguiculata ssp. cylindrica.JPG |genus = Vigna |species = unguiculata |subspecies = cylindrica |}}
'''Catjang''' (''Vigna unguiculata'' subsp. ''cylindrica'') is a subspecies of cowpea. The catjang plant is native to Africa, and is an erect densely branched shrubby perennial of Old World tropics. It now grows in other warm regions, as well. In the US, it is grown primarily as fodder, but elsewhere is used as a food crop. The name comes from Indonesian and Malay word ''kacang'', a generic word for beans and nuts.<ref>{{cite book |title= Agricultural Varieties of the Cowpea and Immediately Related Species |url= https://archive.org/details/agriculturalvari00pipe |issue= 229 |series= Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Plant Industry) |author= Charles Vancouver Piper |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office |year= 1912 |page= [https://archive.org/details/agriculturalvari00pipe/page/8 8]}}</ref>
== Nutrition == Catjang is low in saturated fat<!-- no chol. in plants - irrelevant , and very low in cholesterol. It--> and is a good source of dietary fiber, protein, iron, phosphorus, zinc, copper and manganese, and a very good source of folate and magnesium.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
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Category:Vigna Category:Edible legumes Category:Plant subspecies
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