As recorded for Janglee Mung
Vigna vexillata
Janglee Mung / Wild Cow Pea जंगली मूंग
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- March-April
Janglee Mung in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | जंगली मूंग | Janglee Mung, Suryaparni, Machali, halunda |
| Malayalam | Not recorded | Kattupayar |
| Marathi | बुरंबुळा · हळुंदा | Halunda, Burambula |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- जंगली मूंग Janglee Mung, Suryaparni, Machali, halunda
- Malayalam
- Kattupayar
- Marathi
- Halunda, बुरंबुळा Burambula, हळुंदा
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., Assam, India, West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Tropics & Subtropics.
- Recorded habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
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- Maharashtra →Karnataka →Uttarakhand →
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How to identify Janglee Mung
Identify Janglee Mung by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate (three leaflets).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vigna vexillata
- Genus
- Vigna
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropics
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Janglee Mung itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“The pod is recurved, linear, 7.5–9 cm (3.0–3.5 in) long, and silky.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Janglee Mung itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Janglee Mung
Wild Cow Pea (Vigna vexillata) is a climber in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and 10 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to April.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten and used to hold soil and restore degraded ground.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Janglee Mung belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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