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vield is given at 5 maunds (410 lbs.) of grain and 1,230 lbs. of straw 

 (Watt. Comm. Prod. India, p. 881). 



Ref. — "The Cultivation of the Mung Bean {Phaseolus Mungo)" 

 Turner, in Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, iii. 1892, pp. 390-392 ; Situation, 



Soil, Sowing, Harvesting. Phaseolus Mango, in Diet. Econ. Prod. 



India, Watt, vi. 1, 1892, pp. 187-191. " Mati-Mah {Phaseolus 



Mango var. radiatus), Basu in Auric. Ledger, No. 5, 1903, pp. 127-131. 



" Phaseolus Mungo" in Comm. Prod. India, Watt, pp. 880-881 



(John Murray, London, 1908). 



Phaseolus radiatus, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 725. 



Herb 1-2 ft. high ; stems annual, erect or sub-erect, branched from 

 the base, sparingly clothed with rather long deflexed hairs. Leaves 

 trifoliate, long petioled ; leaflets membranous, dark green, sparingly 

 pilose, ciliate, 2-1 in. long, lateral unequal-sided, stipules ovate 

 obtuse, about \ in. long, attached near the ba3e. Racemes axillary, 

 capitate, many-flowered, peduncled. Flowers yellow, about \ in. long. 

 Pod H-2 J in. long, subterete, horizontal, setulose, 10-15 seeded. 

 Seeds small, green, yellow or black. 



III. — Duthie, Field Crops, i. t. 9 {Phaseolus Mango) ; Church, 

 Food Grains, India, t. 28. 



Vernac. names. — Mung (India, Prain, Watt.) ; Magu-Mah (Assam, 

 Basu) ; Adzuki (Japan, Nagai). — Green Gram ; The Mung Pulse. 



The grain is used for food ; the grain and straw for fodder, and 

 the plants for green manuring. 



In India it is grown as a separate crop, or as a subordinate one 

 with millet or cotton. It requires a deep rich soil ; rainfall of about 

 30-35 inches, and good tillage. When sown alone 12 to 20 lb. of 

 seed will be required per acre. In Assam G to 9 seers (12-18 lb.) 

 (Agric. Ledger, No. 5, 1903, p. 129), in India 12 seers (21 lb.) 

 (Comm. Prod. India, p. 882). 



In India it is met with both wild and cultivated throughout the 

 plains, and ascending in parts to 6000 feet. 



According to Prain (Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, lxvi. 1897, p. 422), 

 there are three leading varieties of Mung under cultivation in India, 

 the " Mung " or " Chegt Mdng " (var. typica), seeds green ; " Sona 

 Mung " (var. aurea), seeds yellow, the most esteemed form of 

 'Mung"; and "Krishna Miing " (var. grandis), seeds black, the 

 least esteemed form of " Mung." 



Ref. — " The Mung Bean," in Food Grains of India, Church, pp. 

 148-152 "Phaseolus Mungo, Linn. var. radiatus" in Diet. Econ. 



Prod. India, Watt, vi. 1, 1892, pp. 191-194. "Phaseolus radiatus;' 



Prain, in Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, lxvi. 1898, pp. 422-423. 



M -M;igu-Mah, Phaseolus Mungo" Basu, in Agric. Ledger, No. 5, 1903, 

 pp. 131-132. 



Phaseolus vulgaris, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 193. 



///.— Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xxii. t. 272 ; Irish, 12th Report 

 Missouri Bot. Gdn. 1901, tt. 38 to 43 (seeds of 133 varieties), t. 4."), 

 f. 1 (pods) ; Vilmorin Andrieux, PI. Potageres, p. 289 (pods of 11 

 varieties), pp. 291-336 (figs, of 51 varieties); Tracy, U.S. Dept. 

 Agric. Bureau PL Ind. Bull. No. 109, 1907, tt. 1-20. 



Vernac. names. — Ebyjanjaro (Uganda, Dawe) ; Makokole, Mam- 

 rondo, Kavirondo, Makaragwe (E. Africa, Engler). Kidney Bean ; 



Haricot Bean ; French Bean. 



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