Phaseolus radiatus
Linn. non-Roxb. & auct.
Synonym Vigna radiata (Linn.) Wilczek.
Family Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Extensively cultivated all over India.
English Greengram, Golden Gram.
Ayurvedic Mudga, Mungalya.
Unani Moong.
Siddha/Tamil Pattishai-payaru.
Action Used as a pulse. Soup is given as a diet to patients of enlarged liver and spleen, and
after recovery from acute illness. A poultice of it is used for checking secretion of milk and reducing distention of the mammary glands.
Phaseolus trilobus sensu Ait. & auct.
Synonym Vigna trilobata (Linn.) Verdcourt.
Family Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Throughout India, up to an elevation of 2,100 m in the northeast.
English Wild Gram.
Ayurvedic Mudgaparni, Kaakaparni, Suuryaparni, Alpikaa, Sahaa, Kaakamudraa, Maarj aargandhikaa. (P adenanthus G. F. W, and Vigna pilosa Baker are used as Mudgaparni in the South. Dried aerial parts, root and seed are used.)
Siddha/Tamil Kaatupayaru. Folk Jangali Moong, Mugavan. Action Whole plant—febrifuge.
Leaves—sedative, cooling, antibiious. A decoction is used in intermittent fever. The plant contains friedelin, epifriedelin, stigmasterol and tannins. The bean contains methionine, tryptophan and tyrosine; also strepogenin, uridine, diphosphate-galacturonic acid. The seed protein contained lysine, valine, leucine and phenylalanine.
Dosage Seed—50—100 ml. decoction (CCRAS.); whole plant— 3—5 g. (API, Vol. IV.)
Phaseolus vulgaris Linn.
Synonym P nan us Linn.
Family Fabaceae.
478 Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus Nees.
English Kidney Bean, French Bean, Haricot Bean.
