Vigna radiata Seeds | Mung Bean
LATIN NAME: Vigna radiata
COMMON NAME: Mung Bean
Plant Profile
A distinctive member of its genus, Mung Bean (Vigna radiata) is an upright, bushy, annual in the pea family. Mung bean is small, olive-green legume of warm fields, and old sprouting jar has kept it busy for centuries. Beans have a very long record as staple of warm kitchens and sprouting jar, and plant is a fine, generous presence of warm garden and the field. It is a plant of open, sunny, well-drained ground. Together these qualities explain its long-standing appeal to gardeners.
Science & Biotechnology
Research touching on Vigna radiata ranges from the botany of the pea family to practical horticulture, including seed handling, propagation and the selection of superior forms. Raising it from seed today is a matter of ordinary good practice rather than specialist skill.
Uses & Benefits
Mung Bean brings genuine presence to the garden and earns its keep across the growing season. Mung bean is a fine, generous legume of warm field and kitchen jar. It has been written up in culinary and agricultural papers for green beans and fast, easy ways, and it is a fine, generous plant of open, sunny, well-drained garden. Mung bean is one of fast legumes of warm field, and sprouting jar turns small, green beans into crisp bean sprouts. It establishes readily and then requires nothing out of the ordinary.
Mung, adzuki, cowpea and their kin are the protein and fiber backbone of Asian kitchens, and mung bean’s cooling soup is a Chinese summer institution; they are among the most digestible of all legumes.
Growing from Seed
Mung Bean is one of those generous plants that come along well from seed. Level a tray of loose seed compost, sow evenly, cover to about the seed’s own depth, and keep it moist in full light. Shift the seedlings into small pots as soon as they can be handled, and give them bright light until planting-out time.
Our Take
Mung Bean is the kind of plant that rewards a permanent spot. Give the seed freshness and steady moisture, and nature handles the rest.
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