Taxon: Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata

See other conspecific taxa:

• Vigna radiata (779 accessions)
• Vigna radiata var. grandiflora (no accessions)
• Vigna radiata var. sublobata (1 accessions)

Common names:

• golden gram   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• green gram   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• mung-bean   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• ambérique   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• haricot doré   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 1:71. 19) – French
  
• haricot mungo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Mungbohne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• frijol mungo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• judía mung   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: soil improver   (fide Pl Res SEAs 1:71. 1989)
  
• Human food: pulse; starch; vegetable   (fide Kunkel 1984; Pl Res SEAs 1:71. 1989)
  
• Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide Leg Queensl; Pl Res SEAs 1:71. 1989)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as V. radiata)
  

Distributional range:

• widely cultivated, especially in tropics, origin Asia

References:

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
• Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. (L Mali)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
• Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. (Leg Queensl)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 1:71.
• Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:209.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. (F TamilC)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India. (Leg India)
• Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. (Leg Ethiop)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes. (Leg New Guinea)

Synonyms:

• (=) Phaseolus aureus Roxb.
  (previously associated with 638 accessions)
• (≡) Phaseolus radiatus L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 80 accessions)

Check other databases for Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata:

• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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