绿豆是菜豆属20个栽培种中最重要的一个种,是人们熟悉和喜爱的豆类。它的营养极为丰富是人所共知。绿豆作为一种填闲、救荒作物,在热带与亚热带地区广泛种植。近年来已引入澳大利亚和美洲大陆的低、中海拔地带。绿豆以印度的种植面积最大,近年约达一千万公顷,是印度第三位最重要的豆类作物,占耕地面积的10％和豆类总产值的5％。在菲律宾,按需要量排列次序,绿豆则居首位,其次才是大豆和花生。我国是绿豆的起源地之 Mung beans are the most important species of 20 cultivars of genus Brassica, which are familiar and favorite beans. It is well known that its nutrition is extremely rich. Mung bean as a leisure, saving crops, widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions. In recent years, it has been introduced into the low and mid-elevation areas of Australia and the Americas. Mung beans, India’s largest planted area, about 10 million hectares in recent years, is India’s third most important leguminous crops, accounting for 10% of arable land and 5% of the total output of beans. In the Philippines, the order of the needs, mung beans topped the list, followed by soybeans and peanuts. China is the origin of mung bean