What's the Difference Between Cowpeas and Black-Eyed Peas?
                                
                                
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                                Over 7.4 million tons of cowpeas are produced globally each year, yet many people remain confused about its relationship to the black-eyed pea. The simplest answer is that black-eyed peas are a specific and popular variety of the larger cowpea species, so all black-eyed peas are cowpeas, but not all cowpeas are black-eyed peas.