Category: Vigna

Vigna vexillata var. angustifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Baker (Syn: Dolichos stenophyllus Gagnep.; Phaseolus novo-guineensis Warb.; Plectrotropis angustifolia Schum. & Thonn.; Plectrotropis angustifolia Schumach. & Thonn.; Vigna angustifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Hook.f.; Vigna valetonii Pulle; Vigna vexillata var. linearis Craib); . Asia: Bhutan (N) ; Cambodia (U) ; India (N); Andhra Pradesh ; Assam; Bihar; Goa; […]

Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Syn: Dolichos biflorus L.; Dolichos catjang Burm.f.; Dolichos catjang L.; Dolichos hastifolius Schnizl.; Dolichos lubia Forssk.; Dolichos melanophtalmus DC.; Dolichos melanophthalamus DC.; Dolichos monachalis Brot.; Dolichos obliquifolius Schnizl.; Dolichos sinensis Forssk.; Dolichos sphaerospermus (L.) DC.; Dolichos tranquebaricus Jacq.; Dolichos unguiculata L.; Dolichos unguiculatus L.; Liebrechtsia scabra De Wild.; Phaseolus sphaerospermus L.; Phaseolus unguiculatus (L.) […]

Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr. (Syn: Dolichos luteus Sw.; Phaseolus marinus Burm.; Phaseolus obovatus Gagnep.; Scytalis anomala E.Mey.; Scytalis retusa E.Mey.; Vigna anomala Walp.; Vigna lutea (Sw.) A.Gray; Vigna repens var. lutea (Sw.) Kuntze; Vigna retusa (E.Mey.) Walp.);   India (N); Andaman Is (N); Kerala; Orissa  & other countries as per ILDIS; images by Prashant Awale; identified by Dr.K.Karthikeyan […]

Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich. (syn. Dolichos cylindricus Desv.; Dolichos vexillatus (L.) Kunth; Phaseolus capensis sensu Thunb.; Phaseolus glycinaeformis Weinm.; Phaseolus humifusus Savi; Phaseolus pulniensis Wight; Phaseolus quadriflorus A.Rich.; Phaseolus sepiarius Dalzell; Phaseolus vexillatus Blanco; Phaseolus vexillatus Walter; Plectrotropis hirsuta Schum. & Thonn.; Strophostyles capensis E.Mey.; Vigna capensis (Thunb.) Burtt Davy; Vigna carinalis Benth.; Vigna crinita […]

Vigna radiata var. sublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. (syn. Phaseolus sublobatus Roxb.; Vigna brachycarpa Kurz; Vigna perrieriana R.Vig.); . Wild Moong, Mung bean, Wild black gram • Hindi: बन उरद Ban Urad • Marathi: वेल मूंग Vel mung • Tamil: kattu uluntu • Malayalam: kattu uluntu • Sanskrit: मासपर्णी Masaparni; . China (N) ; India (N) ; Indonesia […]

Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek (Syn:  Azukia radiata (L.) Ohwi; Phaseolus abyssinicus Savi; Phaseolus aureus Roxb.; Phaseolus aureus Wall.; Phaseolus hirtus Retz.; Phaseolus hirtus Wall.; Phaseolus mungo sensu auct.fl.As.Med.; Phaseolus radiatus L.; Phaseolus radiatus var. aurea (Roxb.); Phaseolus radiatus var. typicus Prain; Rudua aurea (Roxb.) F.Maek.; Vigna radiata var. dublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. [Spelling variant];                         Phaseolus chanetii (H.Lev.) H.Lev.; Pueraria […]

Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper  (Syn: Azukia mungo (L.) Masam.; Phaseolus hernandezii Savi; Phaseolus mungo L.; Phaseolus roxburghii Wight & Arn.); . VIG-nuh — named for Prof. Dominico Vigna, 17th century Italian botanist MUN-go — from the Sanskrit name of the plant, मुद्ग (mudga) . commonly known as: black gram, black matpe, black mung bean, urd […]

IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened and Lower Risk/Near Threatened (NT)Vigna khandalensis (Santapau) Sundararagh. & Wadhw (Syn: Phaseolus grandis Dalzell & A.Gibson; Phaseolus khandalensis Santapau; Vigna grandis (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Verdc.); India (N); Gujarat ; Karnataka ; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu as per ILDIS;   for id please Kass_SSN – indiantreepix | Google Groups : at Kass, Satara, […]

Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal (syn. Dolichos dissectus Lam.; Phaseolus aconitifolius Jacq.; Phaseolus palmatus Forssk.; Vigna aconitifolius (Jacq.) Marechal [Spelling variant]); . moth bean (pronounced “moat bean”), mat bean, Turkish gram or Matki/Mataki (मटकी) in Marathi; . India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam ; Bihar ; Delhi ; Goa ; Gujarat; Haryana; Himachal […]