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{{Taxobox
| image = 赤小豆.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Harvested ''Vigna Umbellata'' beans
| color = lightgreen
| name = Rice bean
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Phaseoleae]]
| genus = ''[[Vigina]]''
| species = '''''V. umbellata'''''
| binomial = ''Vigna umbellata''
| binomial_authority = (Thunb.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi
}}
The '''rice bean''' is a small, hairy [[annual plant|annual]] [[vine]] which bears yellow [[flower]]s and small edible [[bean]]s. It is a minor [[food]] and [[fodder]] [[Agriculture|crop]] and occasionally a [[weed]].
The [[English language]] name is a literal translation of the [[Chinese language]] name ({{zh-cp|c=飯豆|p=fàndòu}}).
Seed color is variable, but commonly red or yellow. The red type is commonly named as [[:zh:赤小豆|赤小豆]] in Chinese, literally meaning 'red small bean'.
Although a separate [[species]] from the more common [[azuki bean]], its appearance and uses are similar.
== External links ==
*{{ITIS|ID=506275|taxon=''Vigna umbellata''}}
*[http://www.gene.affrc.go.jp/htbin/plant/image/get_logo_e?plno=54261011 Illustrated Legume Genetic Resources Database (multiple photographs)]
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[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Edible legumes]]