Black Gram Bean: Urd Bean/Black Gram
(Vigna mungo)
Black gram is an erect, 1 m tall, nitrogen-fixing, drought-tolerant annual plant grown for the dry beans. The bean seed is used whole, split, husked, fermented, sprouted or ground into flour, which when combined with rice flour is especially valued for baking. Black gram is also used as a green manure or cover crop.