name: Mung Bean
flavor_db_name_variants: mung bean
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Mung bean
id: 200
name_scientific: Vigna radiata
description: The mung or moong bean (also known as green gram or golden gram) is the seed of Vigna radiata, native to the Indian subcontinent, and mainly cultivated in China, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Burma, Bangladesh and India, but also in hot and dry regions of Southern Europe and the Southern United States. It is used as a foodstuff in both savoury and sweet dishes.
itis_id: 506804
wikipedia_id: Mung bean
picture_file_name: 200.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 46739
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:36:49.000Z
legacy_id: 212
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: 157791
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00200