East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and soil-conditioning; sometimes placed in genus phaseolus. 东印度群岛的一种菜豆属植物,尤指在印度群岛作为饲料和改良土壤的作物,叶被毛,种子小而黄褐色,豆荚圆筒形。