Taxon:
Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata
Summary
Verified:
07/22/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
- Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
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Common names
English
golden gram – green gram – mung-bean – French
ambérique – haricot doré – haricot mungo – German
Mungbohne – Italian
fagiolo mungo – Spanish
frijol mungo – judía mung – Swedish
mungböna – Transcribed Korean
nogdu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult., especially in tropics |
6 | Other | | | | | origin Asia |
Cultivated
(widely cult., especially in tropics)
Other
(origin Asia)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
soil improver (fide Pl Res SEAs 1:71. 1989) – Human food
pulse (fide Pl Res SEAs 1:71. 1989) – Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as Vigna radiata) –