In Gujarati, these are called chola or chowla (ચોળા).
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Southern tradition and lore holds that during the Siege of Vicksburg, when food ran drastically short, starving citizens of the city found that the peas, which they had up to that time only considered animal feed, were rather tasty if boiled with whatever meat was available.
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Prior to the American Civil War, cowpeas were rarely eaten by Americans, however and were used primarily as fodder.
Vigna marina, known as nanea and notched cowpea, a species of legume in the family Fabaceae