Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & Ohashi

 
  • 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 umbellatus Thunb.
  • Synonym(s) : Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi
  • Common name : Rice Bean
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bano-mungo (Oria)
    • Sutri, Bir Mungo (Sanskrit)
    • Sutri (Hindi)
    • Kattuzhunnu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Rayagada district, Kalhandi district, KHG
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district, Jalpaiguri district, Midnapur
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
    • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, 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
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vigna umbellata. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

Botanical Description

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Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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