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Azuki bean

Azuki bean/Red Mung Bean
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Adzuki beans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Vigna
Species: V. angularis
Binomial name
Vigna angularis
(Willd.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi
Adzuki beans, cooked, no salt
Nutritional value per 1 Cup 230 g
Energy 1,233 kJ (295 kcal)
56.97 g
Dietary fiber 16.8 g
0.23 g
17.3 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1)
(23%)
0.264 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(12%)
0.147 mg
Niacin (B3)
(11%)
1.649 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
(20%)
0.989 mg
Vitamin B6
(17%)
0.221 mg
Folate (B9)
(70%)
278 μg
Minerals
Calcium
(6%)
64 mg
Iron
(35%)
4.6 mg
Magnesium
(34%)
120 mg
Phosphorus
(55%)
386 mg
Potassium
(26%)
1224 mg
Sodium
(1%)
18 mg
Zinc
(43%)
4.07 mg

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database

The adzuki bean (Vigna angularis; from the Japanese アズキ(小豆) (azuki?), sometimes transliterated as azuki or aduki, or English Red Mung Bean) is an annual vine widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small (approximately 5 mm) bean. The cultivars most familiar in Northeast Asia have a uniform red colour, however, white, black, gray, and variously mottled varieties also are known. Scientists presume Vigna angularis var. nipponensis is the progenitor.

The wild ancestor of cultivated adzuki bean is probably Vigna angularis var. nipponensis, which is distributed across Japan, Korea, China, Nepal and Bhutan.Speciation between Vigna angularis var. nipponensis and Vigna angularis var. angularis occurred around 50,000 years ago. Archaeologists estimate it was domesticated around 3000 BCE. However, adzuki beans (as well as soy beans) dating from 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE are indicated to still be largely within the wild size range. Enlarged seeds occurred during the later Bronze Age or Iron Age, periods with plough use.Domestication of adzuki beans resulted in a trade-off between yield and seed size. Cultivated adzuki beans have fewer but longer pods, fewer but larger seeds and a shorter stature, but also a smaller overall seed yield than wild forms. The exact place of domestication is not known; multiple domestication origins in northeast Asia (for example Japan, China, and Korea) have been suggested.


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