Common name: Wild Moong, Mung bean, Wild black gram • Hindi: बन उरद Ban Urad • Marathi: वेल मूंग Vel mung • Tamil: kattu uluntu • Malayalam: kattu uluntu • Sanskrit: मासपर्णी Masaparni
Wild Moong is the wild form of mung or green gram (Vigna radiata var.
radiata) and probably of urd or black gram [Vigna mungo). It is an annual,
herb or climber, to 1 m high. Flowers are white, yellow or purple.
Stem are twining or prostrate. Leaflets are frequently lobed. Pods are cylindric, straight and densely hairy.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
Photographed in Maharashtra.
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