- Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus: Vigna Savi
Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper
- Genus: Vigna Savi
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- Conservation
- Cultigen not known in the wild
- Ecology
- Africa: Cultivated
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
- Vernacular
- Amberique, Black Gram, Urd, Urd Bean, Urid
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Native to:
Assam, East Himalaya, India, Pakistan, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Christmas I., Fiji, Gabon, Malaya, Mexico Southeast, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Zaïre
- Azukia muogo (L.) Masam.
- Phaseolus aureus Zuccagni
- Phaseolus chlorospermus Ten.
- Phaseolus gibbosus Pi.Savi
- Phaseolus glabrescens Steud.
- Phaseolus hernandesii Savi
- Phaseolus hirtus Retz.
- Phaseolus minoomoo Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
- Phaseolus mungo L.
- Phaseolus pisiformis Schrad. ex Steud.
- Phaseolus roxburghii Wight & Arn.
- Phaseolus subvolubilis Buch.-Ham.
- Phaseolus viridissimus Ten. ex Miq.
- Phaseolus wightianus Graham
- Rudua mungo (L.) Maek.
- Vigna mungo var. silvestris Lukoki, Maréchal & Otoul
- Vigna silvestris (Lukoki, Maréchal & Otoul) Aitawade, K.V.Bhat & S.R.Yadav
Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5589], Myanmar | Phaseolus mungo | K001121388 | ||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5589] | Phaseolus mungo | K001121390 | ||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5589], India | Phaseolus mungo | K001121391 | ||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5589], Myanmar | Phaseolus mungo | K001121392 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5589] | Phaseolus mungo | K001121381 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5589], India | Phaseolus mungo | K001121385 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5589] | Phaseolus mungo | K001121386 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5589] | Phaseolus mungo | K001121387 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5589] | Phaseolus mungo | K001121389 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5589] | Phaseolus mungo | K001121395 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5589], India | Phaseolus mungo | K001121628 |
First published in Kew Bull. 11: 128 (1956)
Accepted by
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Choudhary, R.K., Srivastava, R.C., Das, A.K. & Lee, J. (2012). Floristic diversity assessment and vegetation analysis of Upper Siang district of eastern Himalaya in North East India Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 42: 222-246.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2 Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Smith, A.C. (1985). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 3: 1-758. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
- Rechinger, K.H. & al. (1984). Papilionaceae II Flora Iranica 157: 1-499. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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