| Latin name | Vigna pilosa Baker | | Family | Leguminosae | | Identified with (Lat) | Dolichos pilosus Klein ex Willd. | | Identified with (Skt) | mudgaparṇī | | Identified with (Hin) | banmūṅg, mūṅgvan | | Identified with (Tam) | kāṭṭuppayar | | Identified with (Mal) | kāṭṭupayar, kāṭṭuceṛupayar | | Botanical info | An extensively spreading hairy twiner, growing throughout India in forests at low altitudes, leaves alternate, trifoliate, flowers medium sized, reddish or bluish on axillary racemes peduncles, fruits pendulous, linear, very long pointed velvety pods | | Search occurrence | mudgaparṇī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Vigna pilosa Baker in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 822)
mudgaparṇī, f. Phaseolus Trilobus, Bhpr.
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