cow pea / snake bean/ payar

Cow pea is called payar in malayalam. ( payar krishi)
there are two varities of cow peas kutti payar (bushy variety) and valli payar (climbing varirty)
Belongs to the Family: Fabaceae
Botanical name: Vugna unguiculata

Tthe local varieties are amara payar,chatura payar, tuvara payar, achinga payar, mani payar,etc
 .. The different varieties of cow peas/ garden pea /kerala beans /payar are

phillipines
kanaka mani ( kerala agri university)

pusa barsathi
alka garima
pusa komal
kuruthola payar
manjeri local
mallika
sarika
vaijayathi
varun
answara
kairali
bhagyalakshmi
shubra
vs 13-12


varieties of cowpea/ garden pea /kerala beans /payar
bushy variety

anashwara ( kerala agri univ)

gomathy
kanakamani

climbing varieties

mala
lola
sharika :. .