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FTC

B1588

Descriptor

BLACK GRAM BEAN

Synonym(s)

black lentil; matpe bean; minapa pappu; mungo bean; phaseolus mungo; urad; urd; urdbean; vigna mungo

Scope note

Taxon Info

Scientific family	Fabaceae	[ITIS TSN 500059]

Scientific name(s)	Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper	[ITIS TSN 506273]
	Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper	[GRIN-Global Nomen 41621]
	Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper	[PLANTS Symbol ]
	Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper	[EuroFIR-NETTOX 2007 No. 298]
	Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper	[DPNL 2003]
		[Mansfeld taxid 27363 ]

Description

Vigna mungo, black gram, urad bean, minapa pappu, mungo bean or black matpe bean is a bean grown in the Indian subcontinent. At one time it was considered to belong to the same species as the mung bean. The product sold as black lentil is usually the whole urad bean, whereas the split bean (the interior being white) is called white lentil. It should not to be confused with the much smaller true black lentil (Lens culinaris).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigna_mungo]

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	Updated 2018-06-12


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