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Vigna aconitifolia

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Jacquin) Marechal

Common Names

• Moth Bean
• Mat Bean
• Turkish Gram
• Kheri (India)
• Wu tou ye jiang dou (Pinyin)
• Taw-pe-nauk (Myanmar)
• Tepary Bean
• Bhringga
• Dew-Bean
• Makushtha
• Mat
• Matki
• Moth

Geographical Habitats

• Yunnan - China
• India
• Myanmar
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• wasteland
• pasture

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Sometimes twining hairy-stemmed annual trailing herb with axillary racemes of 9mm yellow flowers, calyx to 3mm, yellow petals to 6mm, & glabrous 60mm fruits, brown hispidulous legume 50mm x 5mm, hairy stems, trifoliolate leaves

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Rubatzky 1997
• Bodkin
• FOC
• JDH
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine