Black adzuki bean

Black adzuki bean
Species	Vigna angularis
Origin	Korea

Korean name
Hangul	검은팥
Hanja	n/a
Revised Romanization	geomeunpat
McCune–Reischauer	kŏmŭnp'at
IPA	[kʌ.mɯn.pʰat̚]

Black adzuki beans are adzuki beans (Vigna angularis) that are black.

In Korean, they are called geomeunpat (검은팥; "black adzuki beans"), geomjeongpat (검정팥; "black adzuki beans"), heukdu (흑두; 黑豆; "black beans"), or heuksodu (흑소두; 黑小豆; "black small beans").Gugeupbang eonhae, a 1466 medical book, mentions it using the name geomeunpɑt (거믄).

It has thinner skin compared to regular (red) adzuki beans, thus it is often husked prior to cooking, which gave this cultivar the name geopipat (거피팥; "dehulled adzuki beans"). White adzuki bean powder and white adzuki bean paste made from husked black adzuki beans are called geopipat-gomul and geopipat-so respectively and are used in Korean rice cakes and confections.

Confusingly, the Japanese Okinawan kuroazuki (黒小豆; "black adzuki beans") are not adzuki beans, but black cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).

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