Lablab purpureus
Also known as hyacinth bean, bonavist bean, bonavist pea, lablab-bean, dolichos bean, seim bean, Egyptian kidney bean, bataw
thumb|Lablab purpureus, illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804)Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food. English language common names include hyacinth bean, lablab-bean bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim or sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw and Australian pea. Lablab is a monotypic genus.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State
Common Name: anoomoolloo (Tel)
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19 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Subspecific classification
- Description
- Origin and occurrence
- Agronomy
- Growing requirements
- Cultivation, harvest and storage
- Soil improvements
- Breeding
- Uses
- Food in South Asia
- Food in Southeast and East Asia
- Food tradition in East Africa
- Medicinal use
- Gallery
- Further reading
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Lablab purpureus, illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804)Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food. English language common names include hyacinth bean, lablab-bean bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim or sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw and Australian pea. Lablab is a monotypic genus.
== Taxonomy == The name lablab which is also capitalized as its genus name is given by Robert Sweet from the previous name of Dolichos lablab by Carl Linnaeus, its epithet comes from .