Sprouting Mung bean - Photo by Lenore Edman
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
Genus
Vigna
Family
Fabaceae
Order
Fabales
Crop categories
Vegetables
Podded vegetables
Food crops
Tropical crops
Legumes
Pictures
Sprouting Mung bean - Photo by Lenore Edman
Dried Mung bean - Photo by Stacy