Vigna radiata
Mung Bean
The mung bean, alternatively known as the green gram, maash, or moong, is grown both as a sprouting bean, and for the pods that develop after the pea-like flowers. It is is mainly cultivated in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Korea, South Asia and Southeast Asia. The pendent pods are long, cylindrical, and hairy and contain 7 to 20 small, oval or cube-shaped seeds that are variable in colour: usually green, they can also be yellow, olive, brown, purplish brown or black, mottled and/or ridged. Mung beans are cooked fresh or dry. They can be eaten whole, or made into flour, soups, porridge, snacks, bread, noodles and ice-cream. Split seeds can be made into dhal. and can be processed to make starch noodles (vermicelli, bean thread noodles, cellophane noodles) or soap. It is also used as a forage crop
Contributed by @doomy50
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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All soil conditions
Common name
Mung Bean
Latin name
Vigna radiata
type
Annual Fruiting Vine
family
Fabaceae
ph
5.0 - 6.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
All soil conditions
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
1.25 M
Vigna radiata
The mung bean, alternatively known as the green gram, maash, or moong, is grown both as a sprouting bean, and for the pods that develop after the pea-like flowers. It is is mainly cultivated in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Korea, South Asia and Southeast Asia. The pendent pods are long, cylindrical, and hairy and contain 7 to 20 small, oval or cube-shaped seeds that are variable in colour: usually green, they can also be yellow, olive, brown, purplish brown or black, mottled and/or ridged. Mung beans are cooked fresh or dry. They can be eaten whole, or made into flour, soups, porridge, snacks, bread, noodles and ice-cream. Split seeds can be made into dhal. and can be processed to make starch noodles (vermicelli, bean thread noodles, cellophane noodles) or soap. It is also used as a forage crop
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Mung beans grow best in a well-drained, soil enriched with organic matter, some cultivars tolerant of moderately saline and alkaline conditions. A ph of 5.5 - 6.2 is preferred, but , 4.3 - 8.3 is tolerated. Space at 12"-15" (30-38 cm). Pods can be harvested in about 2 months from sowing seeds