Adzuki Bean

Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi

Order - Fabales

Family - Fabaceae

Names:

Vigna honours Domenico Vigna the Professor of botany at Pisa ( - 1647).

Angularis

Adzuki Bean

Other Names:

Summary:

Description:

Cotyledons:

Two.

First leaves:

Leaves:

Stipules -

Petiole -

Blade -

Stem leaves -

Stems:

Flower stem -

Flower head:

Flowers:

Ovary -

Calyx -

Perianth -

Sepals -

Petals -

Stamens -

Anthers -

Fruit:

Seeds:

Roots:

Key Characters:

Biology:

Life cycle:

Annual vine.

Physiology:

Reproduction:

Flowering times:

Seed Biology and Germination:

Vegetative Propagules:

Hybrids:

Allelopathy:

Population Dynamics and Dispersal:

Origin and History:

Eastern and southern Asia.

Distribution:

ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.

Habitats:

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Soil:

Plant Associations:

Significance:

Beneficial:

Food and vegetable crop.

Detrimental:

Weed of following crops.

Toxicity:

Not recorded as toxic.

Legislation:

None.

Management and Control:

Heliothis cause significant damage in most areas. Etiella causes damage in inland NSW and Maruca Pod Borer in Queensland and coastal NSW. Green Vegetable Bug (Nezara species), Riptortus species and Mirperus species also affect Adzuki beans.

Thresholds:

Eradication strategies:

Herbicide resistance:

Biological Control:

Heliothis cause significant damage in most areas. Etiella causes damage in inland NSW and Maruca Pod Borer in Queensland and coastal NSW. Green Vegetable Bug (Nezara species), Riptortus species and Mirperus species also affect Adzuki beans.

Related plants:

Asparagus Bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis)

Catjang (Vigna unguiculata ssp. cylindrica)

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata)

Creeping Vigna (Vigna parkeri ssp. maranguensis)

Dalrymple Vigna (Vigna luteola)

Dune Bean (Vigna marina)

Maloga Bean or Yam (Vigna lanceolata)

Moth Bean (Vigna aconitifolia)

Mung Bean (Vigna radiata)

Rice Bean (Vigna umbellata)

Urd (Vigna mungo)

Wild Cowpea (Vigna vexillata var. youngiana)

Plants of similar appearance:

References:

Lazarides, M. and Hince, B. (1993). CSIRO handbook of economic plants of Australia. (CSIRO, Melbourne). # 1268.2.

Acknowledgments:

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