Vigna mungo

Mung bean, black gram, urd

Erect spreading annual plant, native to central Asia. Resembles V. radiata but is somewhat more hairy; the white hilum also protrudes from the seed. Green gram is sown on lighter soils and black gram on heavier soils. It is grown for forage, silage, hay and chicken pasture. The seeds are free from glucosides.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Fresh aerial part,

Trinidad

16.0

19.4

26.8 16.0

2.5

35.3

1.97

0.24

203

Haulm, India

8.9

28.6

12.6

2.8

47.1

1.74

0.16

379

Silage, dough stage

27.3

13.9

19.1

26.4

4.6

36.0

186

Pods, India

9.0

29.9

12.2

2.3

46.6

2.71

0.19

436

Seeds, India

26.8

5.3

5.6

0.9

61.4

0.22

0.39

"

Seeds, Thailand

26.1

5.6

3.7

1.0

63.6

56

Pod husks, India

16.6

24.6

11.0

0.7

47.1

0.78

0.21

436

Digestibility (%)

Animal

CP

CF

EE

NFE

ME

Ref

Aerial part

Cattle

82.0

72.0

51.0

71.0

2.39

203

Silage, dough stage

Cattle

54.0

48.0

72.0

58.0

1.67

186

Seeds

Cattle

57.0

82.0

52.0

67.0

2.35

436

Amino acid composition as % of crude protein

Seed

Ref

40

Arg

Cys

Gly

His

Ils

Leu

Lys

Met

Phe

Thr

Try

Tyr

Val

6.7

0.6

3.7

2.1

4.6

7.2

7.3

1.1

5.9

3.4

-

1.7

5.1