异名：Dolichos catjang Burm. f. (synonym)、Phaseolus cylindricus L. (synonym)、Vigna cylindrica (L.) Skeels (synonym)、Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi ex Hassk. subsp. cylindrica (L.) Van Eselt. (synonym)、Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi ex Hassk. var. catjang (Burm. f.) Chiov. (synonym)、Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. catjang (Burm. f.) Chiov. (synonym)、Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. var. catjang (Burm. f.) H. Ohashi (synonym)、Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. var. cylindrica (L.) H. Ohashi (synonym)

短荚豇豆（植物分类学报）眉豆（广州）饭豇豆（东北）

Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (Linn.) Verdc. in Kew Bull. 24:544. 1970. (sphalm. (Linn.) Van Eseltine') , et op. cit. 31: 836. 1977.——Phaseolus cylindricus Linn. Herb. Amb. 23. 1754.——Dolichos catjang Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 161. 1768; Linn. Mant2: 269. 1771 'Catpng' ; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 2:243. 1916. ——Vigna catjang (Burm. f.) Walp. in Linnaea 13: 533. 1839.——V. sinensis (Linn.) Hassk. var. catjang (Burm. f.) Chiov. in Ann. Inst. Bot. Roma 8:438. 1908.——V. sinensis (Linn.) Hassk. subsp. cylindrica (Linn.) Van Eseltine in Hedrick, Veg. New York 1(2): 11. 1951. ——V. unguiculata (Linn.) Walp. var. catjang (Burm. f.) Bertoni in Anales Cient. Parag. Ser. 1. 9: 19. 1911; Ohashi in Journ. Jap. Bot. 50: 306. 1975; Hara et Williams, Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 2: 133. 1978.——V. unguiculata (Linn.) Walp. var. cylindricus (Linn.) Ohashi, Fl. E. Him. 3: 306. 1975.——V. cylindrica (Linn.) Skeels in U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 282: 32. 1913; Merr. Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 284. 1917.——V. unguiculata (Linn.) Walp. subsp. catjang (Burm. f.) Chiov. Raccolte Bot. Miss. Cons. Kenya 35. 1935.

一年生直立草本，高20-40厘米。荚果长10-16厘米；种子颜色种种。花期7-8月，果期9月。

我国各省都有栽培。日本、朝鲜、美国亦有栽培。

种子供食用，可掺入米中做豆饭、煮汤、煮粥或磨粉用。