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# Azuki Bean

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? Azuki bean
Azuki beans
Scientific classification

Kingdom: | Plantae
Division: | Magnoliophyta
Class: | Magnoliopsida
Order: | Fabales
Family: | Fabaceae
Subfamily: | Faboideae
Tribe: | Phaseoleae
Genus: | Vigna
Species: | V. angularis

Binomial name
Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi

The azuki bean is a type of reddish-brown colored bean. It can also be spelled adzuki. The bean is grown in East Asia and the Himalayas. It is often boiled in sugar to make a red bean paste. This paste is used in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese cooking.

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