ANGOLA Pea, the name of a shrub much cultivated in the West Indies, whither it was brought from Africa, of which it is a native. It grows to the height of four feet, lives four years, and is useful throughout its whole duration. It bears husks, which contain five or six grains of a species of a very wholesome and very nourishing pea. Every part belonging to this shrub is remarkable for some particular virtue. Its blossom is good for a cough; its leaves, when boiled, are applied to wounds; and of the ashes of this plant is made a lixivium, which cleanses ulcers, and dissipates external inflammations of the skin. It flourishes equally in lands naturally barren, and in those which have been exhausted. For this reason, the best managers amongst the colonists never fail to sow it on all those parts of their estates, which in other hands would remain uncultivated.