Fijian Black Bean (Lentil)
Vigna mungo
About Fijian Black Bean (Lentil)
Fijian Black Bean (Lentil) (Vigna mungo) is a herb used in the Micronesian & Melanesian Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Energy, Protein Source, and Anemia, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Vigna mungo, black gram, urad bean, minapa pappu, mungo bean or black matpe bean (māṣa) is a bean grown in the Indian subcontinent. At one time it was considered to belong to the same species as the mung bean. The product sold as black lentil is usually the whole urad bean, whereas the split bean (the interior being white) is called white lentil. It should not to be confused with the much smaller true black lentil...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist