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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Moth bean
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Phaseoleae]]
| genus = ''[[Vigna]]''
| species = '''''V. aconitifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Vigna aconitifolia''
| binomial_authority = ([[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq]].) Marechal
| synonyms = ''Phaseolus aconitifolius'' <small>Jacq.</small>
}}
The '''moth bean''' (pronounced "moat bean"), also called '''mat bean''' or '''Turkish gram''', is a small, [[xerophyte|drought-resistant]] [[annual plant|annual]] trailing herb with small yellow [[flower]]s and deeply lobed [[leaf|leaves]], grown especially in dry parts of [[South Asia]] for its tiny (3-4 [[1 E-3 m|mm]]) edible [[bean]]s, which range in color from light brown to dark reddish brown.
== External links ==
*{{ITIS|ID=506271|taxon=''Vigna aconitifolia''}}
*[http://www.gene.affrc.go.jp/htbin/plant/image/get_logo_e?plno=54261017 Japanese MAFF Genebank (with photographs)]
{{legume-stub}}
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Edible legumes]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Moth bean
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Phaseoleae]]
| genus = ''[[Vigna]]''
| species = '''''V. aconitifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Vigna aconitifolia''
| binomial_authority = ([[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq]].) Marechal
| synonyms = ''Phaseolus aconitifolius'' <small>Jacq.</small>
}}
The '''moth bean''' (pronounced "moat bean"), also called '''mat bean''' or '''Turkish gram''', is a small, [[xerophyte|drought-resistant]] [[annual plant|annual]] trailing herb with small yellow [[flower]]s and deeply lobed [[leaf|leaves]], grown especially in dry parts of [[South Asia]] for its tiny (3-4 [[1 E-3 m|mm]]) edible [[bean]]s, which range in color from light brown to dark reddish brown.
== External links ==
*{{ITIS|ID=506271|taxon=''Vigna aconitifolia''}}
*[http://www.gene.affrc.go.jp/htbin/plant/image/get_logo_e?plno=54261017 Japanese MAFF Genebank (with photographs)]
{{legume-stub}}
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Edible legumes]]
