1. East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
   "matkis are drought-resistant and commonly grown in arid regions";
   - moth bean, Vigna aconitifolia, Phaseolus aconitifolius

Type of: legume, leguminous plant

Part of: genus Vigna, Vigna

Encyclopedia: Matki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship