Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vigna sublobata
- Genus
- Vigna
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests, also cultivated
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban Urad itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban Urad itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बन उरद Ban Urad
- Marathi
- वेल मूंग Vel mung
- Tamil
- kattu uluntu
- Malayalam
- kattu uluntu
- Sanskrit
- मासपर्णी Masaparni
About Ban Urad
A member of the Fabaceae family, Wild black gram (Vigna sublobata) is a herb. It grows in dry deciduous forests, also cultivated. Flowering and fruiting run from May to April.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Ban Urad belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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