name: Adzuki Bean

flavor_db_name_variants: adzuki bean

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Adzuki bean

id: 198

name_scientific: Vigna angularis

description: The azuki bean, also known as adzuki or aduki, is an annual vine, Vigna angularis, widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small (approximately 5 mm) bean. The cultivars most familiar in Northeast Asia have a uniform red color. However, white, black, gray and variously mottled varieties are also known. Scientists presume Vigna angularis var. nipponensis is the progenitor.

itis_id: 505691

wikipedia_id: Azuki bean

picture_file_name: 198.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 103330

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:30.000Z

legacy_id: 210

food_group: Pulses

food_subgroup: Beans

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:25.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:19.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3914

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00198