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Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Common name: Mung Bean

Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek 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.


Flowering: summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated, occasionally naturalized in coastal districts. Native of Asia.
NSW subdivisions: *NC
Other Australian states: *Qld *N.T. *W.A.
AVH map***

Text by C. Gardner & T. A. James
Taxon concept:

N.S.W. occurrences are: var. setulosa

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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