Vigna angularis
Fabaceae FAMILY

Vigna angularis

Vigna angularis

Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Adzuki bean is an annual plant growing 25 - 90cm tall. The plant can be erect and bushy, or can produce climbing stems that scramble over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation for support[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The plant has long been cultivated in warm temperate to tropical areas of Asia for its edible seed[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. It is now widely grown in moister tropical and subtropical areas around the world[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. As well as providing food, the plant is also used as a traditional medicine and is grown as a green manure and ground cover.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - probably originated in Japan or southern China, but long cultivated and no longer known in the wild.
HabitatNot known in the wild