''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' (horsegram, also known as horse gram, kulthi bean, gahat, hurali, or Madras gram) is a legume native to tropical southern Asia, known for its distinct taste and texture, widely used legume in many cuisines. It is also known for human consumption for its rich nutrients and medicinal properties. It is commonly grown for horse feed, hence the name “horse gram”. Horse gram grown in parts of

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, Sri Lanka, and is introduced to the

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. It is consumed whole, sprouted, or ground. It is consumed in many parts of India and is also known as a superfood, as many

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use them to gain nutrients that is not normally found in their

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(

vegetarian Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slaughter. Vegetariani ...

) diet. Horse gram is also allowed to be eaten on some Hindu fasting days. Medical uses of these legumes have been discussed and is described in the

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Description

''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' is a perennial climbing plant with a rhizome, growing to a height of about . The stem sprouts from the rhizome each year. It is clad in varying amounts of whitish hairs and bears alternate, trifoliate leaves with petioles up to long. The leaflets are obovate or elliptical, and up to long. The flowers are borne in twos or threes in the leaf axils, and are typical of the bean family with banner, wings and keel. They are cream, yellowish or green, often with a purple blotch inside. These are followed by linear-oblong, upcurving pods up to long, containing up to ten reddish-brown, speckled or black seeds. The seeds have a length of .Kumar D (2007) Production technology for horse gram in India, Central Arid Zone Research Institute. Evergreen Printers, Jodhpur, India, pp 1–27, http://www.cazri.res.in/publications/KrishiKosh/113-(PRODUCTION%20TECHNOGY%20).pdf File:Macrotyloma Uniflorum young plant 01.jpg, Young plant File:Macrotyloma Uniflorum flower 01.jpg, Flowers File:Macrotyloma Uniflorum fruit 01.jpg, Young fruit File:Macrotyloma Uniflorum dissected flower 01.jpg, Dissection of floral parts

Distribution

Horse gram is native to tropical southern Asia and has been found in archaeological sites in India, starting from 2500 BC. The plant was probably first domesticated in India, and is now grown as a legume from India to Myanmar. Additionally, the crop is also grown for fodder and green manure in tropical countries in southeastern Asia, and in northern Australia. Generally, the major growing areas of ''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' are located in

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and Australia.Aditya, J. P.; Bhartiya, Anuradha; Chahota, Rakesh K.; Joshi, Dinesh; Chandra, Nirmal; Kant, Lakshmi; Pattanayak, Arunava (1 September 2019). "Ancient orphan legume horse gram: a potential food and forage crop of future". Planta. 250 (3): 891–909. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-019-03184-5.

Cultivation

Horse gram is drought tolerantBhardwaj, Jyoti; Chauhan, Rohit; Swarnkar, Mohit Kumar; Chahota, Rakesh Kumar; Singh, Anil Kumar; Shankar, Ravi; Yadav, Sudesh Kumar (23 September 2013). "Comprehensive transcriptomic study on horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum): De novo assembly, functional characterization and comparative analysis in relation to drought stress". BMC Genomics. 14 (1): 647. doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-647. and also withstands harsh environmental conditions such as salinity or metal stresses.Prasad, Saroj Kumar; Singh, Manoj Kumar (1 May 2015). "Horse gram- an underutilized nutraceutical pulse crop: a review". Journal of Food Science and Technology. 52 (5): 2489–2499. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-014-1312-z. Generally, Horse Gram is planted with low agronomic inputs and without weeding. Furthermore, the crop grows on a broad range of soil types with different pH ranges. Cultivation is also possible on soils with poor organic matter and

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availability. Horse gram thrives where the temperature is in the range of . Frost tempratures are lethal. Due to the drought-resistance ''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' is grown in areas with low precipitation (). In wetter areas, Horse gram is usually sown at the end of the rainy season to still facilitate cultivation. Nonetheless, ''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' does not tolerate waterlogging. The plant is not only cultivated as a monoculture, but also as an

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- or mixed crop together with groundnut, sorghum, sesame,

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finger millet ''Eleusine coracana'', or finger millet, also known as ragi in India, kodo in Nepal, is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and self-pollinating specie ...

, pearl millet, amaranth, marvel grass or kidney bean. Furthermore, ''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' can also be grown along with trees such as

neem ''Azadirachta indica'', commonly known as neem, nimtree or Indian lilac, is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus '' Azadirachta'', and is native to the Indian subcontinent and most of the countries in Afr ...

, white siris or babul. Both, grain and green

forage Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term ''forage'' has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used ...

yield are highly dependent on the growing region as well as the selected

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. Substantial yield differences in the various growing regions exist: In

green forage yield varies from 5 - 14 t/ha and in Australia approximately 4.4 t/ha are reported. Grain yield in

is around 0.13 – 1.2 t/ha and 1.1 – 2.2 t/ha in Australia.

Pests

Yield-impacting dieseases are

anthracnose A plant canker is a small area of dead tissue, which grows slowly, often over years. Some cankers are of only minor consequence, but others are ultimately lethal and therefore can have major economic implications for agriculture and horticultur ...

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Colletotrichum lindemuthianum ''Colletotrichum lindemuthianum'' is a fungus which causes anthracnose, or black spot disease, of the common bean plant (''Phaseolus vulgaris''). It is considered a hemibiotrophic pathogen because it spends part of its infection cycle as a biotro ...

''), the yellow mosaic virus as well as

powdery mildew Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants. Powdery mildew diseases are caused by many different species of ascomycete fungi in the order Erysiphales. Powdery mildew is one of the easier plant diseases to identify, a ...

. Other diseases affecting horse gram are dry root rot (''Macrophomina phaseolina''), rusts,

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(''Rhizoctonia solani'') and

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Cercospora ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a ...

''). The pod borer (''Etiella zinckenella'') and the pod fly (''Melanagromyza obtusa'') are the most damaging insect pests. Others are

aphids Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A t ...

('' Aphis craccivora''), hairy caterpillar (''Azazia rubicans''), pod caterpillar (''Helicoverpa armigera''), American serpentine leaf miner (''Liriomyza trifolii''),

thrips Thrips (order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are ...

, leaf hoppers and '' Callosobruchus'' as a storage pest.

Nutrition

Horse gram and

moth bean ''Vigna aconitifolia'' is a drought-resistant legume, commonly grown in arid and semi-arid regions of India. It is commonly called mat bean, moth bean, matki or dew bean. The pods, sprouts and protein-rich seeds of this crop are commonly consu ...

are legumes of the

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and subtropics, grown mostly under dry-land agriculture. The chemical composition is comparable with more commonly cultivated legumes. Like other legumes, these are deficient in methionine and

tryptophan Tryptophan (symbol Trp or W) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Tryptophan contains an α-amino group, an α-carboxylic acid group, and a side chain indole, making it a polar molecule with a non-polar aromatic ...

, though horse gram is an excellent source of

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and molybdenum. Comparatively, horse gram seeds have higher

trypsin Trypsin is an enzyme in the first section of the small intestine that starts the digestion of protein molecules by cutting these long chains of amino acids into smaller pieces. It is a serine protease from the PA clan superfamily, found in the d ...

inhibitor and

hemagglutinin In molecular biology, hemagglutinins (or ''haemagglutinin'' in British English) (from the Greek , 'blood' + Latin , 'glue') are receptor-binding membrane fusion glycoproteins produced by viruses in the '' Paramyxoviridae'' family. Hemagglutinins a ...

activities and natural phenols than most bean seeds. Natural phenols are mostly

phenolic acid Phenolic acids or phenolcarboxylic acids are types of aromatic acid compounds. Included in that class are substances containing a phenolic ring and an organic carboxylic acid function (C6-C1 skeleton). Two important naturally occurring types of ph ...

s, namely, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic, 4-hydroxybenzoic, vanillic, caffeic, ''p''-coumaric, ferulic, syringic and sinapic acids. Though both require prolonged cooking, a soak solution (1.5% NaHCO₃ + 0.5% + 0.75%

citric acid Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula HOC(CO2H)(CH2CO2H)2. It is a colorless weak organic acid. It occurs naturally in citrus fruits. In biochemistry, it is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle, which occurs in ...

) has been shown to reduce cooking time and improve protein quality. Moth bean is mostly consumed as dhal or sprouts. Horse gram seed contains

carbohydrate In organic chemistry, a carbohydrate () is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where ''m'' may or m ...

(57.2% w/w),

protein Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, res ...

(22% w/w), dietary fiber (5.3% w/w),

fat In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food. The term often refers specifically to triglycerides (triple est ...

(0.50% w/w),

calcium Calcium is a chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. As an alkaline earth metal, calcium is a reactive metal that forms a dark oxide-nitride layer when exposed to air. Its physical and chemical properties are most similar t ...

(287 mg),

phosphorus Phosphorus is a chemical element with the symbol P and atomic number 15. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus, but because it is highly reactive, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Ear ...

(311 mg),

(6.77 mg) and calories (321 kcal) as well as vitamins like

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(0.4 mg), riboflavin (0.2 mg) and

niacin Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a form of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It can be manufactured by plants and animals from the amino acid tryptophan. Niacin is obtained in the diet from a variet ...

(1.5 mg) per 100 grams of dry matter. The nutritional content is partly dependent on soil conditions and the weather. The less appealing taste has led it to be not commonly eaten. The carbohydrate-fraction of horse gram flour consists of oligo-saccharides and starches. The starches can be divided in terms of digestability in those that can be digested and uptaken in the small intestine, and those that partly will fermented in the colon by the microflora. The latter ones, called

resistant starch Resistant starch (RS) is starch, including its degradation products, that escapes from digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals. Resistant starch occurs naturally in foods, but it can also be added as part of dried raw foods, or use ...

es, account for 43.4% of the carbohydrate content of horse gram flour. Oligo-saccharides such as

raffinose Raffinose is a trisaccharide composed of galactose, glucose, and fructose. It can be found in beans, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, asparagus, other vegetables, and whole grains. Raffinose can be hydrolyzed to D-galactose and sucro ...

and

stachyose Stachyose is a tetrasaccharide consisting of two α--galactose units, one α--glucose unit, and one β--fructose unit sequentially linked as gal(α1→6)gal(α1→6)glc(α1↔2β)fru. Together with related oligosaccharides such as raffinose, stac ...

contribute to digestion difficulties. The fermentation in the colon often may lead to flatulence and

diarrhoea Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea, is the condition of having at least three loose, liquid, or watery bowel movements each day. It often lasts for a few days and can result in dehydration due to fluid loss. Signs of dehydration often begin wi ...

, given the high concentration of both, resistant starches and oligo-saccharides, for horse gram longer cooking times, and other treatments are needed. Enzymatic treatments with

xylanase Endo-1,4-β-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8, systematic name 4-β-D-xylan xylanohydrolase) is any of a class of enzymes that degrade the linear polysaccharide xylan into xylose, thus breaking down hemicellulose, one of the major components of plant cell ...

has the goal to improve the functional and expansive properties of horse gram seeds in order to facilitate the use as an ingredient in the food industry. By following a high temperature short time (HTST) treatment, the content of phytic acid,

tannin Tannins (or tannoids) are a class of astringent, polyphenolic biomolecules that bind to and precipitate proteins and various other organic compounds including amino acids and alkaloids. The term ''tannin'' (from Anglo-Norman ''tanner'' ...

s and protease-inhibitors could be reduced by 46%, 61% and 92% respectively. The flour resulting from this treatment had higher water- and oil-absorption capabilities. Those improvements in digestibility and processibility could make horsegram an interesting protein- and flour source for the food industry.

Breeding

Globally, southwest

and the african continent are regarded as horse gram

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-rich regions. From the 1970s,

germplasm Germplasm are living genetic resources such as seeds or tissues that are maintained for the purpose of animal and plant breeding, preservation, and other research uses. These resources may take the form of seed collections stored in seed banks, t ...

of horse gram has been conserved.Chahota, Rakesh & Thakur, Nisha & Sharma, Reecha. (2020). Efficient Improvement in an Orphan Legume: Horsegram, Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdi, Using Conventional and Molecular Approaches. 10.1007/978-3-030-47306-8_12. } The ''US Department of Agriculture's (

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) Germplasm Resources Information Network ( GRIN)'' has preserved 35 accessions of horse gram, the ''Australian Tropical Crops and Forages Genetic Resources Centre'', has 38 accessions and the ''

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Agriculture in Kenya dominates Kenya's economy. 15–17 percent of Kenya's total land area has sufficient fertility and rainfall to be farmed, and 7–8 percent can be classified as first-class land. A large amount of drought resistance genes exist in horse gram and grain yield enhancement represents the main breeding goal. Little attention has been given to the

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structure and organization of horse gram. The use of new genes for horse gram breeding could benefit from genetic data on numerous

phenological Phenology is the study of periodic events in biological life cycles and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate, as well as habitat factors (such as elevation). Examples include the date of emergence of leaves ...

and morphological features. These may impact agronomic methods and crop productivity.Katoch, M., Mane, R. S., & Chahota, R. K. (2022). Identification of QTLs Linked to Phenological and Morphological Traits in RILs Population of Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum). Frontiers in genetics, 12, 762604. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.762604 Many unfavorable traits such as late flowering, indeterminate twining growth habit, long and thin stem, thermo- and

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and a poor harvest index exist in horse gram. The digestability and processability improvements described in Nutrition section implicitly suggest to consider the reduction of phytic acid content,

s and protease-inhibitors as additional breeding goals.

Medicinal uses

Scientists from the

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have found that unprocessed raw horse gram seeds not only possess antihyperglycemic properties, but also have qualities which reduce insulin resistance. The scientists made a comparative analysis between horse gram seeds and their sprouts and found that the seeds have greater beneficial effects on the health of hyperglycemic individuals. The majority of antioxidant properties are confined to the seed coat and its removal would not do any good. Raw horse gram seed is rich in

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, and proteins, major antioxidants present in fruits and other food materials. The seed has the ability to reduce postprandial hyperglycemia by slowing down carbohydrate digestion and reducing insulin resistance by inhibiting protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1 beta enzyme.

Indian regional specifics

, it is also known as ''ulavalu, gahat, muthira, kulath'', or ''kulthi''. It is used to make popular dishes like ''Kulitan Saaru, Kulitan Upkari, Kulitan Ghassi'' (coconut curry preparation), and an ''

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''-like preparation (but not fermented) called ''Kulitan Sannan''. *In

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and

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, horse gram is prescribed for jaundice or as a diuretic, and as part of a weight-loss diet. It is considered helpful for iron deficiencies. ''Ulavacharu'' (horse gram soup) is popular dish in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, it is served with cooked rice in some of the Telugu-speaking people's weddings and ceremonies. *In

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and

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, horse gram (called (''gahat'' in Nepali) is considered a medicinal food. It is given to children suffering from mumps. Water in which gahat is soaked is taken by people suffering from

kidney stones Kidney stone disease, also known as nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a calculus (medicine), solid piece of material (kidney stone) develops in the urinary tract. Kidney stones typically form in the kidney and leave the ...

in the belief that this dissolves the crystals. Gahat's use is specially reserved for the cold winters, when its heat-producing properties are most useful. *In

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, horse gram, (called മുതിര (''muthira'') in Malayalam which almost sounds like കുതിര (''kuthira''), Malayalam word for horse), is used in special kinds of dishes. *In

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

, horse gram (called கொள்ளு ''- 'kollu' in northern districts and காணம் - 'kaanam in southern districts ) is commonly used in Tamil dishes, including ''kollu'' chutney, '', kollu avial, kollu sambar'', and ''kollu rasam''. *In Maharashtra and

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

, horse gram (called हुलगा) (''hulage/hulaga/kulith'' in Marathi and k''ulith'' in Konkani) is often used to make ' and ''shengule/shevanti.'' *In

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cuisine, ಹುರಳಿಸಾರು (''hurali saaru''), ಹುರಳಿ (''hurali'') is a main ingredient. ''Hurali'' is also used in preparations such as ''usali'', chutney, ''bassaru'', and ''upsaaru'' or ''upinsaru'' (particularly in the Old Mysore Regions Mandya and Chamrajnagara Districts). *In

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region of Karnataka, in Tulu, it is also called ''kudu'' (ಕುಡು). *In

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it is known by the name କୋଳଥ (Kolatha). *''Gahat'' or ''kulath'' is a major ingredient in the food of Pahari region of

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. * In

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, ''kulath'' is used to make ''

khichdi ''Khichdi'' or ''khichri'' (, , , , Odia: ଖେଚୁଡି) is a dish in South Asian cuisine made of rice and lentils ('' dal'') with numerous variations. Variations include ''bajra'' and mung ''dal'' ''khichri''. In Indian culture, in ...

''. In

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, it is cooked in a round iron saute pan (''

kadhai A ''karahi'' (; as, কেৰাহী, kerahi, bn, কড়া, koṛā, hi, कड़ाही, kaṛāhī, Marathi: कढई, ur, ; also ''kadai, kerahi, karai, kadhi, kadahi, kadhai'' ''sarai'', or ''cheena chatti'') is a type of th ...

'') to prepare ''ras'', a favorite of most Kumaonis. In Garhwal region, another more elaborate dish is ''phanu'' which is made in a ''kadhai'' with roughly ground ''gahat'' (previously soaked overnight) boiled over several hours. Towards the end, some finely chopped greens (''palak'' or spinach, ''rai'', tender radish leaves, or ''dhania'' (coriander leaves) if nothing else is available) are added to complete the dish. Served with boiled rice, ' (a millet-like grain, used as a staple by poorer Garhwalis only a decade ago and now a prized health-food). In

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

(Burma), horse gram is known as ''pe bazat'' () in Burmese. It is commonly used in making '' pon ye gyi'', a fermented bean paste used in traditional Burmese cuisine.

References

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1899077 Phaseoleae Edible legumes Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck