Common name: Mung Bean
Vigna radiata var. sublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. APNI* Synonyms: Vigna radiata var. setulosa (Dalzell) Ohwi & H.Ohashi APNI*
Description: Climbing or trailing annual to 60 cm high; stems with spreading, yellow-brown hairs.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic, rhombic or ± ovate, mostly 3–16 cm long, 20–50 mm wide, often 2–3-lobed, apex acuminate, ± bristly-hairy; petiole 5–21 cm long; stipules peltate, variable, 8–15 mm long.
Racemes 4- to several-flowered; peduncle mostly 3–10 cm long. Calyx tube 2–3 mm long, teeth 1–3 mm long. Corolla c. 12 mm long, greenish yellow; keel red-tinged, incurved, with an obvious pocket on one side.
Pod terete, 4–9 cm long, with short dark, bristly hairs; seeds 8–14.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Occasional in woodland in the NC district of NSW. Native of northern Australia and Asia.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. N.T.
Native (at variety level) in Australia but the typical variety is also naturalised on occasion. It was all thought to be naturalised for many years.
| The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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