Vigna Angularis vs Vigna Mungo

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Vigna

Primary use

medicinal

Vigna angularis, also known as the adzuki bean , azuki bean, aduki bean, red bean, or red mung bean, is an annual vine widely cultivated throughout East Asia for its small bean. The cultivars most familiar in East Asia have a uniform red color, but there are white, black, gray, a…

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Vigna

Primary use

medicinal

The black gram or urad bean is a bean grown in South Asia. Like its relative the mung bean, it has been reclassified from the genus Phaseolus to Vigna. The product sold as black gram is usually the whole urad bean, whereas the split bean is called white lentil. It should not be c…