Can someone help me identify these seeds? (lemmy.world)

submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by waigl@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world

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What I ordered was tea seeds. What I got was… whatever this is.

They came by mail without any sort of accompinying letter or leaflet or any other information. The sender was something completely non-descript (uparcel-somethingsomething). Technically, I don't even know if this is even related to my order of tea seeds.

There is a phone number on the package. No idea if it would be a good idea to call…

*Edit: Many of you have said those look like mung beans. After googling what mung beans look like, I tend to agree. However, given the weird circumstances under which they were delivered to me, I'm not going to plant or eat them.

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[-] Anne_Delong@musician.social 10 points 9 hours ago

@waigl

They look like mung beans. Not sure though; there are so many kinds of beans.

[-] Scrubber0777@lemmy.ml 11 points 12 hours ago

These look like green mung beans, grow into mung bean sprouts when watered.

[-] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Yep, team mung here

edit: as a prepper I keep mung and lentil in bulk. They're great sources of nutrients, protein & fiber and they cook super fast and easy, no soaking required. They can be sprouted in two days providing microgreens and the body can digest them without heat in 2-3 days just by soaking and sprouting. Of course for longer term they can then be planted and harvested to keep the cycle going.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

My apologies, I missed a warning on your other post:

The entire seed industry is notoriously and historically full of fraudsters. Most countries have enacted laws to protect the farmers/gardeners from this fraud. There is also a bunch of international treaties on the subject.

The most egregious larger fraudsters are usually caught. However small packet mail fraud with online retailers is rampant.