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Vigna radiata var. sublobata (Roxb.) Verdc.
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Common name: Mung Bean

Vigna radiata var. sublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. APNI*

Synonyms: Vigna radiata var. setulosa (Dalzell) Ohwi & H.Ohashi APNI*

Description: Climbing or trailing annual to 60 cm high; stems with spreading, yellow-brown hairs.

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic, rhombic or ± ovate, mostly 3–16 cm long, 20–50 mm wide, often 2–3-lobed, apex acuminate, ± bristly-hairy; petiole 5–21 cm long; stipules peltate, variable, 8–15 mm long.

Racemes 4- to several-flowered; peduncle mostly 3–10 cm long. Calyx tube 2–3 mm long, teeth 1–3 mm long. Corolla c. 12 mm long, greenish yellow; keel red-tinged, incurved, with an obvious pocket on one side.

Pod terete, 4–9 cm long, with short dark, bristly hairs; seeds 8–14.


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Flowering: summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Occasional in woodland in the NC district of NSW. Native of northern Australia and Asia.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. N.T.
AVH map***

Native (at variety level) in Australia but the typical variety is also naturalised on occasion. It was all thought to be naturalised for many years.

The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW.

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.

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