Vigna radiata

Mung bean, green gram, golden gram

Tall erect herb with yellow flowers, thin cylindrical pods and small, often cylindrical seeds covered with a white rough layer. Drought resistant. Grown for forage, silage, hay and chicken pasture. The seeds are free from glucosides. Can be grown with a number of perennial and annual fodder grasses.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Fresh aerial part,

India

13.0

21.0

11.4

3.7

50.9

2.47

0.34

378

Haulm, India

9.0

29.9

12.1

2.3

46.7

2.71

0.20

"

Pods, India

8.9

28.1

13.1

2.8

47.1

2.49

0.15

436

Seeds, Iraq

90.8

23.3

6.7

5.3

1.0

63.7

0.08

182

Seeds, Malaysia

88.1

24.4

5.1

3.7

1.0

65.8

0.12

0.40

292

Pod husk, Nigeria

90.3

8.2

35.8

7.7

0.6

47.7

2.18

0.20

374

Amino acid composition as % of crude protein

Seed

Ref

37

Arg

Cys

Gly

His

Ils

Leu

Lys

Met

Phe

Thr

Try

Tyr

Val

3.4

0.7

1.8

-

-

-

8.2

1.9

3.1

2.0

1.8

1.8

3.6