name: Mung Bean

flavor_db_name_variants: mung bean

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Mung bean

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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