Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
ENGLISH: aconite leaved bean, aconite leaved kidney bean, dew bean,
gram, India moth bean, kidney bean, mat, mat bean, math, moot,
moth bean, Turkish gram
SPANISH: mat
USES/NOTES: Culivated for its edible seeds and young pods and as a
forage crop. Domesticated in South Asia.
NATURAL RANGE: South Asia, perhaps to Southeast Asia
REFERENCES: Albala 2007, Kay 1979, Martin 1984a, National Research
Council 1979, Purseglove 1968, Whyte et al. 1953
Vigna adenantha (G. Meyer) Maréchal, Mascherpa, & Stainier [syn.
Phaseolus adenantha G. Meyer]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
USES/NOTES: Seeds are eaten.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics
REFERENCES: Balée 1994
Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi [syn. Phaseolus angularis
(Willd.) W. Wight]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
ENGLISH: aduki bean, adzuki bean, azuki bean, Chinese red bean
PORTUGUESE: feijão-adzuki, feijão-japonês, soja-chinesa
SPANISH: adzuki, frijol adzuki, frijol diablito, judía
USES/NOTES: Small, dark brick red seeds are eaten boiled or made
into curd, sometimes sweetened and eaten as a pasty bean cake or
spread by Japanese Dominicans of the Dominican Republic. Young
pods and sprouts are eaten as vegetables.
NATURAL RANGE: Japan and/or China
REFERENCES: Guia Rural n.d., Harrington 1967, IBGE 1980, Kay 1979,
Kermath (notes), Leung 1961, Purseglove 1968, Rachie and Roberts
1974, Rehm and Espig 1991, Usher 1974
Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper [syn. Phaseolus mungo L.]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
ENGLISH: black gram, golden gram, mung bean, urd, woody pyrul
PORTUGUESE: grão-de-pulha
SPANISH: frijol mungo, frijolitos chinos, urd
USES/NOTES: Dried seeds are eaten boiled or ground into flour,
tender young sprouts are added to salads, and leaves are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Tropical Asia, probably India
REFERENCES: Albala 2007, Bailey Hortorium 1976, Bhat 1994, Brouk
1975, Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute 1974, Kay 1979,
Mabberley 1987, Martin 1984a, Martin and Ruberté 1979, Rehm and
Espig 1991, Singh and Singh 1992, Steinkraus 1983
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