Cowpea
📍 CameroonClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Cowpea grows in Cameroon
High West plateaux
The western mountainous region includes the western provinces and the Northwest. This area has an average altitude lly high steep slopes of the many hills with fertile volcanic cover. Altitude: Plateau Bamiléké: 1 400-1800 m, Plateau Bamun: 1 100- 1 200 m, Plateau grassfields; 1 500- 2000 m. Soil type ferrallitic and volcanic places. Two seasons: a logue season in mid-March of rain in November and December a small dry season in mid-March. Precipitation (1 750-2 700 mm per year). Pluvimétrie: monomodale.Températures Maxi annual average: 24.73 ° C, Mini yearly average: 15.48 ° C. Relative Humidity: Max average annual 94% average annual Mini: 54.62% .Végétation: savannah altitude.
Sudano-Sahelian zone
This overall average altitude of 200m includes the provinces of North and Far North. Many isolated massifs sometimes amounting to over 200 m (Gorna, Polish, Tcholiré) sometimes disrupt the monotony of the vast plains. Soil type ferruginous relatively rich in chemical elements, but susceptible to erosion phenomenon especially pronounced slope. Rainfall misallocated on tois months (500 to 1000 mm per year). Pluvimétrie: monomodale.Températures Maxi annual average: 33.8 ° C, Mini yearly average: 20 ° C. Relative humidity: average annual High: 73%, average annual Mini 35%. Prevailing wind: Harmattan. Vegetation: Steppe with thorny woodland and dry savannah.
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