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Vigna mungo (L.)Hepper

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna mungo (L.)Hepper [Preferred name]
    Azukia mungo (L.)Masam. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus hernandezii Savi {Synonym}
    Phaseolus max sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Phaseolus mungo L. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus mungo var. radiatus sensu Baker {Misapplied}
    Phaseolus radiatus Roxb. non L. {Misapplied}
    Phaseolus roxburghii Wight & Arn. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Amberique [1915]; Black Gram [210, 261, 1902, 1915, 1942, 2264, 3705]; Urd [210, 261, 1915, 1942, 2264, 3030]; Urd Bean [1939, 3920]; Urid [336]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Gabon (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
Afghanistan (I) [1939]; Bangladesh (I) [336]; India (U) [261, 1914, 1942, 3009, 3027, 3040, 3041, 3092, 3096, 3099, 3140, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3385, 3623, 3663]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3385]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3041]; Karnataka [3096]; Kerala [3623]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3099]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3663]; West Bengal [3378]; Iran (I) [336]; Japan (I) [2826]; Malaysia (I) [2111]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (U) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Ryukyu Is (I) [2834]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957, 3705]; Vietnam (I) [1942]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Christmas I (I) [3920]; Mauritius (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Northern Marianas (U) [2235]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1938, 1942, 1957, 3026, 3386, 3705, 3920] ; Illustration [1942]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261], Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Cultigen not known in the wild ; Further editing: 2001-06 Pasquet RS, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] ; Lifespan: Annual [261] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S

  
USES:
  Environmental [3920]; Food and Drink [261, 336, 1942, 2264, 2828, 3030]; Medicine [3030]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated on Mauritius. [1915]
  Originated in India, now widely cultivated. [261]
  Not known in the wild. [3920]

  
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    Specimen in Herb.Kew

210.

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    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

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  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

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  Marechal, R. et al., 1978
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1880.

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  Ali, S.I., 1977
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1939.

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1942.

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3377.

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3378.

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3385.

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3386.

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    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3623.

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3663.

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3705.

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    In:Dassanayake,M.D. & Fosberg,F.R.(Eds.) A revised handbook

3920.

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