Myanmar Mung beans

Description

Maung bean (binomial name is Vigna radiata ), also known as green bean, choroko (in Swahili), mung, mongo, moong, moog (whole) / moog dal (split) (in Bengali , Marathi), mash bean, munggo or monggo, green gram, golden gram, and green soy, is the seed of Vigna radiata which is native to Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. Moong is green with the husk, and yellow when dehusked.

Nutrition Value

Mature seeds (100g) contains vitamin C(8%), Calcium (13%), Magnesium(51%), Phosphorus(52%), Potassium(27%) and Sodium(1%).

Production of Myanmar

In Myanmar, Mung Bean is gown during two seasons. One is winter season (starting October), and the other is the raining season (starting August). The winter crop is harvested in February to April and Moonsoon crop is harvested in August to January. Producing States and Divisions are Kachin, Kayin, Kayar, Sagaing, pegu ( East and West), Megue , Mandalay, Mon, Shan (North), Yangon, and Irrawaddy. Among them, Yangon and Pegu (east) Division produce Pe ti shwewar, Pegu region of Megue Division produce Anar Shwewar and other regions produce green mung. Myanmar annually produces around.