Plant Details

Accepted name:

Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi [Fabaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aduki bean	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
adzuki bean	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
adzuki-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
adzukibohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
azuki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
azuki-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chi xiao dou	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chixiaodou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
fagiolo adzuki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
frijol adzuki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gharrada uddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haricot adzuki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
judía adzuki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mudgaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
phaseoli angularis semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
rayans	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red bean	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rice bean	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
semen phaseoli	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semen phaseoli calcarati	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
soonthiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vignae semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Dolichos angularis Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3: 1051 (1802).
Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W.Wight Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 137: 17 (1909).
Azukia angularis (Willd.) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 77 (1953).
Azukia angularis var. nipponensis (Ohwi) Ohwi Fl. Jap.: 691 (1953).
Dolichos angulatus Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 51 (1814).
Phaseolus atsuki Siebold Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 57 (1830), nom. nud.
Phaseolus nipponensis Ohwi J. Jap. Bot. 13: 435 (1937).
Vigna angularis var. nipponensis (Ohwi) Ohwi & H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 44: 30 (1969).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dolichos angularis Willd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phaseolum angularis Wight	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phaseolus angularis	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W.F.Wight	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phaseolus angularis Wight	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi var. angularis	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi et Ohashi	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Vigna angularis (Willdenow) Ohwi & Ohashi	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vigna angularis Ohwi et Ohashi	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Vigna angularis ohwi et ohashi	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)

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