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Widely cultivated as a subsistence crop throughout Africa, the bambara groundnut is known by many other names such as earth pea, baffin pea, and Njugo bean. It is not widely known elsewhere, nor has it been accorded much research, although it is a very drought-resistant, widely adapted legume.
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Whitmore, J.S. (2000). Edible Legumes for Drought-Prone Regions. In: Drought Management on Farmland. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9562-9_9
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