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

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna radiata var. radiata (L.)R.Wilczek [Preferred name]
    Phaseolus chanetii (H.Lev.)H.Lev. {Synonym}
    Pueraria chanetii H.Lev. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Golden Gram [1942, 1947]; Green Gram [336, 1902, 1942, 1947]; Mung [3030]; Mung Bean [336, 1902, 1942, 1947, 3402]; Pessara [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (I) [216]; Cameroon (I) [210]; Ethiopia (I) [210]; Ghana (I) [210]; Kenya (I) [210]; Malawi (I) [8]; Mali (I) [561]; Mozambique (I) [8]; Niger (I) [78]; Nigeria (I) [210]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; Sudan (I) [210]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Togo (I) [23]; Uganda (I) [210]; Zaire (I) [230]; Zambia (I) [210]
  Asia
Bangladesh (U) [336, 3366]; Bhutan (I) [1947]; Cambodia (U) [336, 1942]; China (I) [336]; India (U) [261, 1914, 1942, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3092, 3094, 3099, 3366, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3392, 3591]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3370]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3099]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3392]; West Bengal [3378]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [261, 336, 1969]; Iran (I) [336, 1939]; Iraq (I) [1939]; Irian Jaya (I) [261]; Japan (I) [336, 1930]; Jawa (N) [336]; Laos (U) [336, 1942]; Myanmar (U) [3366]; Nepal (I) [3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Philippines (I) [336, 1979]; Sri Lanka (I) [336, 1957, 3705]; Thailand (U) [1971]; Vietnam (U) [336, 1942]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [336]
  Central America
Mexico(North & Central) (U) [336]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (U) [1982, 3402]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Oman (I) [1939]; Yemen (I) [1939]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [1940]
  South America
Argentina (U) [336]; Guyana (U) [336]; Surinam (U) [336]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1938, 1942, 3009, 3017, 3402] ; Illustration [1938, 1942, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3402] [3581], Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Cultigen not known in the wild ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (In

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1942, 1947, 3030, 3034, 3402]; Medicine [3030]

  
NOTES:
  Scarcely different from V.mungo; kept separate for convenience. [261]

  
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