Botanical Name - Phaseolus mungo

----- P. Mungo, Linn. F.B.I., V.2.P. 203. Vern. Mung (Hind).

----- It is very extensively cultivated all over. The pulse is eaten in the form of a dual or crooked with rice (Khichdi). The native physicians considered it cool, light, astringent and easily digestable.