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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH067 : Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 162  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Vigna Savi - cowpea
Species : Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek - mung bean
Plant Location in Melghat : Among tall grasses & in hedges  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Leguminosae  

 
Plant Common Name : Jangli Mug, golden gram, green gram, mash bean, mung bean, wild mung, muga, raan muga,vel mung, mudga
 
Synonym : Azukia radiata (L.) Ohwi
Phaseolus abyssinicus Savi
Phaseolus aureus Roxb.
Phaseolus aureus Wall.
Phaseolus hirtus Retz.
Phaseolus hirtus Wall.
Phaseolus mungo sensu auct.fl.As.Med.
Phaseolus radiatus L.
Phaseolus radiatus var. aurea (Roxb.)
Phaseolus radiatus var. typicus Prain
Rudua aurea (Roxb.) F.Maek.
Vigna radiata var. dublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. [Spelling variant]
Phaseolus chanetii (H.Lev.) H.Lev.
Pueraria chanetii H.Lev.


Description : Climbing or erect herb, stem pubescent, hairs brown, stiff spreading. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 5-21 cm long, leaflet 5-16 cm long, 3-12 cm broad, elliptic, rhomboid or ovate, the lateral somewhat oblique, entire or 2-3-lobed, acuminate, glabrous or bristly pilose on both surfaces, petiolule 3-6 mm long; stipules 1-1.8 cm long, peltate. Inflorescence axillary, many flowered, peduncle 2.5-9.5 cm long, bracts 4-5 mm long, pedicel 2-3 mm long, bracteoles 4-7 mm long. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long, glabrous, teeth 1.5-4 mm long, ciliate, the upper pair almost united. Corolla greenish yellow. Vexillum 1.2 cm long. Fruit 4-9 cm long, linear-cylindrical, 5-6 mm broad somewhat constricted between the seeds, pubescent, hairs spreading, dark brown, 8-14-seeded.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory , anti-diabetic, Lipid metabolism accommodation, Antihypertensive, Antitumor, Antisepsis, Anti-cancer(Raihan et al., 2012), anti-asthmatic activity
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Linoleic acid
Palmitic
Oleic
Linolenic
Stearic
Arachidic acids
alpha-tocopherol
beta-tocopherol
gamma-tocopherol
Flavonoids: Vitexin
Isovitexin
Daidzin
Daidzein
Ononin
Formononetin
Isoformononetin
6,7,4alpha-trihydroxyisoflavone
6,7,4beta-trimethoxyisoflavone
Genistin
Sissotrin
Prunetin
Genistein
Biochanin A
Apigenin
Rutin
Quercetin-3-glucoside
Quercetin
Kaempferol
Myricetin
Rhamnetin
Kaempferitrin
Naringin
Neohesperidin
Hesperetin
Eriodictyol
Naringenin
Rhododendrin
Scopoletin
Pomiferin
Delphinidin
phloretin
coumestrol
osajin
p-hydroxybenzoic
Protocatechuic acid
Syringic
Gallic acid
Vanillic acid
Gentisic acid
Shikimic acid
p-coumaric
Cinnamic acid
Caffeic acid
Ferulic
Chlorogenic acid

Reference : ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :