Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ambérique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
anaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aparankapparuppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arad mung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ataiyankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuktiprada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black gram	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cellappayiru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cherupayar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirupayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dal mung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fagiolo urd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
feijão-da-china	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
frijol mungo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
haricot mungo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
harrimung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hayananda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hesaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hesarubele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkacanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalaikkarippan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalaikkarippanpayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karaikkarikkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppukkarikkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppukkarikkanpayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppuluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattulunnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katu-ulunu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayttaniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kidney bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kuttukkarpayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maashaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mash kalai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
masha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mashedamij	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matappatinkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matappayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
minumu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
minumulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moog	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mudga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mudgah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mug	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
munj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
māsh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
nabnmash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakhl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallaminumulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paccaippayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachahesaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachaipayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachapesalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachchai poyaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachhai-payaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachhai-pesulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacippayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patcha pessara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patchai payara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pesalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pesalu pessara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pessara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purisam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puritam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puritamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasottama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raw matimah	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
serupayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siru payara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supashreshtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uddulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulundu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulunnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulunthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
uluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uluntucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
undu	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
urad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urd	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urd bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
urd-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
urd-siyaah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
urdbohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
urdböna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
urid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajibhojana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varnarha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vulundhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wallimung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wuthulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yavakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ماش	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Root, Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
root	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phaseolus mungo L. Mant. Pl.: 101 (1767).
Phaseolus roxburghii Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 245 (1834).
Azukia muogo (L.) Masam. Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 3: 140 (1955).
Phaseolus aureus Zuccagni Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 38 (1806).
Phaseolus chlorospermus Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1829: 17 (1829).
Phaseolus gibbosus Pi.Savi Index Seminum (PAV, Ticinensis) 1839: 3 (1839).
Phaseolus glabrescens Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 317 (1841), not validly publ.
Phaseolus hernandesii Savi Nuovo Giorn. Lett., ser. 3, 3: 310 (1822).
Phaseolus hernandesii var. longepedunculatus Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 50 (1842).
Phaseolus hirtus Retz. Observ. Bot. 3: 38 (1783).
Phaseolus minoomoo Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 246 (1834).
Phaseolus pisiformis Schrad. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 317 (1841), not validly publ.
Phaseolus subvolubilis Buch.-Ham. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5605 (1831), not validly publ.
Phaseolus viridissimus Ten. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 197 (1855), not validly publ.
Phaseolus wightianus Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5591 (1831), not validly publ.
Rudua mungo (L.) Maek. Jap. J. Bot. 15: 114 (1955), no basionym ref.
Vigna mungo var. silvestris Lukoki, Maréchal & Otoul Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 50: 390 (1980).
Vigna silvestris (Lukoki, Maréchal & Otoul) Aitawade, K.V.Bhat & S.R.Yadav Rheedea 22: 22 (2012).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phaseolum mungo L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phaseolus mungo	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Phaseolus mungo (L) Mant.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Phaseolus mungo L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Phaseolus mungo Linn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phaseolus mungo Linn. non-Roxb. & auct.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Phaseolus mungo auct. non L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phaseolus roxburghii Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vigna mungo	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper var. mungo	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Vigna mungo L.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)

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