Fabaceae
Black gram
Vigna mungo
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vigna
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- عدس أسود
- arz
- عدس اسود
- Assamese
- মাটি কলাই, মাটি ডাইল, মাটি মাহ
- Bangla
- মাষকলাই
- Burmese
- မတ်ပဲ, ပဲနောက်
- Chinese
- 黑小豆, 黑綠豆, 黑绿豆, 黑吉豆, 黑豆粉
- Divehi
- ކަޅު މުގު
- English
- Black gram, Minapa pappu, Mungo bean, Urad bean
- Esperanto
- Urdvigno
- French
- Haricot urd
- German
- Urdbohne
- Gujarati
- અડદ
- Hebrew
- וינגה מונגו
- Hindi
- उड़द दाल
- Japanese
- ケツルアズキ, 毛蔓小豆
- Kannada
- ವಿಗ್ನಾ ಮುಂಗೊ
- Korean
- 우라드콩
- lah
- ماش
- Malayalam
- ഉഴുന്ന്
- Marathi
- उडीद
- Nepali
- मास
- Odia
- ବିରି
- Persian
- ماش سیاه
- Polish
- Fasola mungo
- Portuguese
- Feijão-da-índia
- Punjabi
- ਉੜਦ
- Russian
- Чёрный маш
- Sanskrit
- माषः
- sat
- ᱨᱟᱢᱵᱽᱲᱟ
- Serbian
- Мунго пасуљ, Црни мунго пасуљ
- shn
- ထူဝ်ႇပႄ, တူၼ်ႈထူဝ်ႇပႄ, ထူဝ်ႇပဵၼ်း, တူၼ်ႈထူဝ်ႇယႅမ်း
- Sindhi
- اڙد
- Sinhala
- උඳු
- Swedish
- Urdböna
- Tamil
- உளுந்து
- tcy
- ಉರ್ದು
- Telugu
- మినుములు
- Thai
- ถั่วดำ
- Ukrainian
- Урад
- Vietnamese
- Đậu mười
Synonyms
- Azukia mungo (L.) Masam.
- Azukia muogo (L.) Masam.
- Phaseolus aureus Zuccagni
- Phaseolus chlorospermus Ten.
- Phaseolus gibbosus Pi.Savi
- Phaseolus glabrescens Steud.
- Phaseolus hernandesii var. longepedunculatus Hassk.
- Phaseolus hernandezii Savi
- Phaseolus hirtus Retz.
- Phaseolus minoomoo Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
- Phaseolus mungo L.
- Phaseolus pisiformis Schrad. ex Steud.
- Phaseolus roxburghii Wight & Arn.
- Phaseolus subvolubilis Buch.-Ham.
- Phaseolus viridissimus Ten. ex Miq.
- Phaseolus wightianus Graham
- Rudua mungo (L.) Maek.
- Vigna mungo var. silvestris Lukoki, Maréchal & Otoul
- Vigna silvestris (Lukoki, Maréchal & Otoul) Aitawade, K.V.Bhat & S.R.Yadav
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: PJeganathan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Butterflyrajib, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.