Dried Mung bean - Photo by Stacy
Pods and seeds of mungbean can be eaten as vegetable, but the seeds are often used to make bean sprouts.
Names
Scientific
Vigna radiata
Synonym
Phaseolus aureus
Phaseolus radiatus
English
Golden gram
Green bean
Green gram
Moong bean
Mung bean
Dutch
Mungboon
Spanish
Fríjol chino
Fríjol verde
French
Ambérique vert
Haricot mungo
German
Jerusalembohne
Mung daal
Mung dal
Mungbohne
Mungobohne
Italian
Fagioli indiani
Fagioli mungo
Other
Katjang idjo
Taxonomy
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vigna
Species
Vigna radiata (Mung bean)
Crop categories
Legumes
Minor crops
Podded vegetables
Subtropical crops
Tropical crops
Vegetables
Pictures
Sprouting Mung bean - Photo by Lenore Edman