Fabaceae FAMILY

Vigna radiata

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vigna radiata is an erect or semi-erect annual plant growing 13 - 130cm tall from a well-developed taproot. It can be a much-branched, bushy plant, or have somewhat twining stems and a climbing habit[ 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 is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas for its edible seed[ 300 Title Vegetables in the Tropics Publication Author Tindall. H. D. Publisher MacMillan, Oxford. Year 1983 ISBN 0-333-24268-8 Description An excellent, in-depth look at the main vegetable crops that can be grown in the Tropics, plus many less well-known plants. ]. It also has traditional medicinal uses, can be used as a soap and is grown as a green manure and cover crop.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, New Guinea.

HabitatNot known in a truly wild situation[ 300 Title Vegetables in the Tropics Publication Author Tindall. H. D. Publisher MacMillan, Oxford. Year 1983 ISBN 0-333-24268-8 Description An excellent, in-depth look at the main vegetable crops that can be grown in the Tropics, plus many less well-known plants. ]. Naturalized in open wastelands, roadsides, thicket margins, at elevations up to 500 metres in southern China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].