• 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 2 April 2025.

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