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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH067 : Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek

Plant Category : Herbs
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 162
Synonym : Azukia radiata (L.) Ohwi; Phaseolus abyssinicus Savi; Phaseolus aureus Roxb.; Phaseolus aureus Wall.; Phaseolus hirtus Retz.; Phaseolus hirtus Wall.; Phaseolus mungo sensu auct.fl.As.Med.; Phaseolus radiatus L.; Phaseolus radiatus var. aurea (Roxb.); Phaseolus radiatus var. typicus Prain; Rudua aurea (Roxb.) F.Maek.; Vigna radiata var. dublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. [Spelling variant]; Phaseolus chanetii (H.Lev.) H.Lev.; Pueraria chanetii H.Lev.
Plant Common Name : Jangli Mug, golden gram, green gram, mash bean, mung bean, wild mung, muga, raan muga,vel mung, mudga
Plant Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae
Description : Climbing or erect herb, stem pubescent, hairs brown, stiff spreading. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 5-21 cm long, leaflet 5-16 cm long, 3-12 cm broad, elliptic, rhomboid or ovate, the lateral somewhat oblique, entire or 2-3-lobed, acuminate, glabrous or bristly pilose on both surfaces, petiolule 3-6 mm long; stipules 1-1.8 cm long, peltate. Inflorescence axillary, many flowered, peduncle 2.5-9.5 cm long, bracts 4-5 mm long, pedicel 2-3 mm long, bracteoles 4-7 mm long. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long, glabrous, teeth 1.5-4 mm long, ciliate, the upper pair almost united. Corolla greenish yellow. Vexillum 1.2 cm long. Fruit 4-9 cm long, linear-cylindrical, 5-6 mm broad somewhat constricted between the seeds, pubescent, hairs spreading, dark brown, 8-14-seeded.
Plant Location in Melghat : Among tall grasses & in hedges
Medicinal Use / Activity : Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory , anti-diabetic, Lipid metabolism accommodation, Antihypertensive, Antitumor, Antisepsis, Anti-cancer(Raihan et al., 2012), anti-asthmatic activity
Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Linoleic acid; Palmitic; Oleic; Linolenic; Stearic; Arachidic acids; alpha-tocopherol; beta-tocopherol; gamma-tocopherol; Flavonoids: Vitexin; Isovitexin; Daidzin; Daidzein; Ononin; Formononetin; Isoformononetin; 6,7,4alpha-trihydroxyisoflavone; 6,7,4beta-trimethoxyisoflavone; Genistin; Sissotrin; Prunetin; Genistein; Biochanin A; Apigenin; Rutin; Quercetin-3-glucoside; Quercetin; Kaempferol; Myricetin; Rhamnetin; Kaempferitrin; Naringin; Neohesperidin; Hesperetin; Eriodictyol; Naringenin; Rhododendrin; Scopoletin; Pomiferin; Delphinidin; phloretin; coumestrol; osajin; p-hydroxybenzoic; Protocatechuic acid; Syringic; Gallic acid; Vanillic acid; Gentisic acid; Shikimic acid; p-coumaric; Cinnamic acid; Caffeic acid; Ferulic; Chlorogenic acid;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (24):

Quercetin;

Rutin;

Biochanin A;

Kaempferol;

Apigenin;

Daidzein;

Delphinidin;

Eriodictyol;

Flavone;

Genistein;

Hesperetin;

Hesperidin;

Naringenin;

Myricetin;

Beta-tocopherol;

Coumestrol;

Alpha-tocopherol;

Naringin;

Caffeic acid;

Chlorogenic acid;

Cinnamic acid;

Gallic Acid;

Gamma-Tocopherol;

Genistin;

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142
Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - Raihan, M. O., Tareq, S. M., Brishti, A., Alam, M. K., Haque, A., and Ali, M. S.(2012). Evaluation of antitumor activity of Leea indica (Burm.f.) merr extract against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) bearing mice. Am. J. Biomed. Sci. 4, 143to152. doi: 10.5099/aj120200143 - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242354376
Reference : ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Vigna Savi - cowpea
Species : Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek - mung bean

Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek - mung bean
Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek - mung bean
Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek - mung bean
Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek - mung bean
Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek - mung bean