| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Phaseolus setulosus Dalzell; Phaseolus sublobatus; Phaseolus sublobatus Roxb.; Phaseolus trinervis; Phaseolus trinervius Wight & Arn.; Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek var. sublobata (Roxb.) Verdc.; Vigna radiata var. setulosa (Dalzell) Ohwi & H. Ohashi; Vigna sublobata; Vigna sublobata (Roxb.); |
| Plant Common Name | : | Wild black gram, Ban Urad |
| Plant Family | : | FABOIDEAE |
| Description | : | Annual twining herbs; stems, petioles and peduncles clothed with ferruginous, deflexed hairs. Leaflets 3.5-7.5 x 2.8-5 cm, ovate-deltoid, base cuneate to subtruncate, apex obtuse, acute or acuminate, hirsute, the terminal leaflets sometimes lobed; stipules 5-8 x 3-4 mm, falcate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, peltately fixed; stipels linear. Racemes axillary, capitate, long peduncled, 2-6-flowered. Calyx-lobes c. 2 mm long, ovate-triangular, hairy. Corolla yellow. Pods 2.5-5 cm long, linear-oblong, terete, clothed with ferruginous hairs, 4-10-seeded. Seeds 2.5-3 mm long, greyish brown. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The seeds are said to be a traditional source of cures for paralysis, rheumatism, coughs, fevers and liver ailments. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Mirtillin; Ascorbigen; daidzein; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Daidzein; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book 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 var. sublobata |