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Vigna sahyadriana

Vigna sahyadriana, known as ranmug, is a wild annual climbing legume from the northern Western Ghats of India, a close relative of urdbean. It is rarely grown as a garden plant, so care is mainly what suits a warm, seasonally dry climate.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Climber, Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the soil dry between waterings; it is adapted to a seasonal rainy cycle.
Soil
Well-drained sandy loam or garden soil.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
India (Maharashtra)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Vigna sahyadriana, the ranmug, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the northern Western Ghats of India. An annual climber, it is typically found on hill slopes and in grasslands. Described in 2012, it is a crop wild relative of the urdbean Vigna mungo.

Other Vigna plants

Moth bean · Adzuki bean · Hairypod cowpea · Notched cowpea · Black gram · Oahu cowpea · Creeping Vigna · Mung bean · Bambarra groundnut · African gram · Rice bean · Catjang

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vigna sahyadriana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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