Fabaceae
Vigna radiata var. radiata
Vigna radiata var. radiata var. radiata
Also known as Vigna brachycarpa, Phasellus roseus, Phaseolus truncatus, Rudua aurea
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Mung Bean · Legume · Edible · Tropical · Fast-Growing · Sprouts · Nitrogen-Fixing · Annual · Vegetable · Food Crop
Mung bean is a fast-growing tropical legume commonly grown for its nutritious sprouts and seeds. It thrives in warm conditions with regular watering and partial to full sun, making it well-suited to kitchen gardens and warm climates. As a nitrogen-fixing plant it improves soil health and requires little supplemental fertilizing.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until soil is moist, allowing the top inch to dry between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–6.9
- Temperature
- 20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, Honduras
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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