Fabaceae
Rice bean
Vigna umbellata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vigna
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- لوبياء خيمية
- arz
- لوبيا خيميه
- Burmese
- ကချင်ပဲ, တိုင်လွတ်ပဲ
- Cantonese
- 赤小豆
- Chinese
- 赤小豆, 島田紅豆, 米豆, 繖形豇豆, 蛋白豆, 豇豆, 赤豆, 飯豆
- Dutch
- Rijstboon
- English
- Rice bean, Ricebean
- Esperanto
- Rizvigno
- French
- Haricot riz
- German
- Reisbohne
- Indonesian
- Kacang uci
- Italian
- Fagiolo riso
- Japanese
- タケアズキ, ツルアズキ, 竹小豆
- Javanese
- Kacang uci
- Korean
- 덩굴팥
- Nepali
- मस्याङ
- Persian
- ویگنا آمبلاتا
- shn
- ထူဝ်ႇဢၢႆႈၶၢၼ်ႉ
- Sundanese
- Kacang uci
- Vietnamese
- Đậu nho nhe
Synonyms
- Azukia umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi
- Dolichos trilobus Blanco
- Dolichos umbellatus Thunb.
- Dolichos unguiculatus Thunb.
- Phaseolus angustifolius Hassk.
- Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb.
- Phaseolus chrysanthos Savi
- Phaseolus chrysanthos var. hirtus Hassk.
- Phaseolus hirtuz Wall.
- Phaseolus hispidulus Hassk.
- Phaseolus humilis Hassk.
- Phaseolus leptospermus Lag.
- Phaseolus pubescens Blume
- Phaseolus ricciardianus Ten.
- Phaseolus ricciardianus var. macrocarpus Prain
- Phaseolus ricciardus Ten.
- Phaseolus sublobatus Wall.
- Phaseolus torosus Roxb.
- Vigna brachycalyx Baker
- Vigna calcarata (Roxb.) Kurz
- Vigna papuana Baker f.
- Vigna ricciardiana (Ten.) Babu & S.K.Sharma
- Vigna ricciardiana var. macrocarpa (Prain) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas
- Vigna umbellata var. umbellata
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Samuel Wong, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mark22, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.