 |
 |
|
 |
|
Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scientific Synonyms:
|
|
| Previous name used in the website: |
Vigna mungo |
| Family name: |
FABACEAE
|
| English name: |
Urd
Black Gram
Urad
Black Matpe
Black Black Gram
Mung Bean
Urd Bean
|
| Sinhala name: |
Ulundu (උළුඳු)
Mun (මුං )
Urd (උර්ද් )
Bu me (බූ මී)
|
| Tamil name: |
Chiruppayaru
Uluntu
|
| Sanskrit name: |
Māṣa
|
| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
|
| Description: |
Erect or climbing, herbaceous annual; stems to about 50 cm long. Leaf rachis 1.5-4 cm long, petiolated; stipules pelate, 1-1.8 x 0.3-1 cm; leaflets 5-16x 3-12 cm, unlobed. Inflorescences axillary, about 10 cm long, few to numerous flowered. Flowers about 1.5 cm long, the pedicels about 2-3 mm long; petals yellow, greenish-yellow, sometimes pinkish inside. Fruit spirally dehiscent, turgid,, 4-9 cm long, 5-6 mm wide, about 4 mm thick, (8-)11-14-seeded. Seeds cylindrical, 2.5-4.2 x 2.5-3.2 x 2.3-2.8 mm, hairs longer than in Vigna radiate, greenish, brown or black.
|
| Native Distribution Status: |
Only under cultivation
|
| Edible parts: |
Seed
|
| Treatment for: |
Insomnia
Paralysis
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Back pains
Leucorrhoea
Anorexia
Abdominal pains
Haemorrhoids
Dysurea
|
| Parts used in Treatment: |
Seeds
Whole plant
Root
|
| Related Medical Properties: |
Stimulate weight gain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Image will be available soon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
