Member of pulses On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Vigna mungo* (Linn.) Hepper in Kew Bull. 11:128. 1956. > syn: *Phaseolus* *mungo* Linn. > > Common names: Black gram, urd bean, mash > > Small spreading herb covered with brown silky hairs, with trifoliate > leaves longer hairs; leaflets ovate; flowers yellow 12 mm long, in > head-like racemes; pod slender, 4-6 cm long, covered with long brownish > hairs; seeds black with distinctly raised rim-aril around the hilum. > Photographed from Chakrata Tiger fall area, cultivated in fields. > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
