Vigna mungo

Species of plant

The black gram (Vigna mungo) is a bean grown in South Asia. Like its relative the mung bean, it has been reclassified from the genus Phaseolus to Vigna. The product sold as black gram is usually the whole bean, whereas the split bean (the interior being white) is called white lentil.

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