This variety is native to India to Taiwan, N. & E. Australia; (Ref. POWO; 2023). introduced to southern and eastern Asia, Africa, Austronesia, the Americas and the West Indies. (Ref. https://en.wikipedia.org). There are 2 species of Vigna found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
Annual herb ; up to 50 cm high . Stems climbing to ascending , brown pubescent with patent hairs . Leaves 3-foliolate ; petiole up to 20 cm ; stipules up to 15 mm , peltate ; leaflets 3-15 x 2-10 cm , ovate to broadly elliptic to rhomboid , 2-3-lobed , apex obtuse to acute , base acute to oblique . Inflorescences in many-flowered axillary racemes . Flowers yellow to greenish yellow ; calyx 5-lobed , 2-lipped , the upper lip 2-lobed , ± united , lower lip 3-lobed ; stamens 9 united , vexillary stamen free . Fruit pod , 30-70(-90) , linear-oblong , beaked , pubescent , 8-15-seeded . Seeds 2 . 5-3 mm long , greyish brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Common
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Phaseolus sublobatus Roxb.
Vigna mungo var. sublobata (Roxb.) M.Sharma
Vigna stipulata Hayata
Vigna sublobata (Roxb.) Bairig. & al.
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Wild Moong
Mung Bean
Moong Bean
Wild black gram
Golden Gram
Green Gram
Celera Bean
Jerusalem Pea
Not recorded yet
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org