- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Basionym : Dolichos pilosus J.G.Klein ex Willd.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Vigna pilosa (Klein ex Willd.) Baker
- Vernacular name : Banmung, Munvan (Hindi); Kaduhesaru (Kannada); Mudgaparni (Sanskrit); Kattucherupayar, Kattupayar (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests
- Flower, Fruit : October-March
- Distribution :
- Kerala : KRN, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Sundergarh district, Keonjhar district, Dhenkanal district
- World Distribution : India, Andaman Islands, Nepal, Myanmar, China, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vigna pilosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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