Vegetable
Vigna radiata
S tier
Vigna radiata is the species name of the mung bean, here as the sprout's botanical leaf. If a pack says Vigna radiata sprouts, you want the thin white wok sprout, not soybean. Cook as mung bean sprout. The Latin is identity, not a different texture.
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Characteristics
Preparations
SaladWok
Traits
IdentityIdentity LeafLatinNot SoySame As Mung SproutSnapSpecies Of MungThin White
History
Scientific packs labelled mung sprouts as Vigna radiata.
Allergy and botanical labels kept the species name on sprout bags.