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== Popular names ==
== Popular names ==
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*English: adzuki bean
*English: adzuki bean
*French: haricot adzuki
*French: haricot adzuki
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*Chinese: xiǎodòu, hóngdòu, chìdòu
*Chinese: xiǎodòu, hóngdòu, chìdòu
*Japanese: azuki, shōzu
*Japanese: azuki, shōzu
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== Biology ==
== Biology ==

Revision as of 16:09, 7 August 2016

Vigna angularis
(Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi

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flowers
Order Fabales
Family Leguminosae - Papilionoideae
Genus Vigna

2n = 22

Origin : East Asia

wild and cultivated

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Popular names

  • English: adzuki bean
  • French: haricot adzuki
  • Portuguese: feijão adzuqui
  • Italian: fagiolo adzuki
  • Chinese: xiǎodòu, hóngdòu, chìdòu
  • Japanese: azuki, shōzu

Biology

Classification

Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi (1969)

synonyms:

  • Dolichos angularis Willd. (1802)
  • Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W.F. Wight (1909)

The wild form is var. nipponensis (Ohwi) Ohwi & Ohashi (1969).

seeds

Cultivars

History

Uses

  • pulse. Also used in desserts.
  • young pods eaten as a vegetable.
  • beverage
  • ingredient of shampoos and skin creams.
  • green manure

References

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