Lablab

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Lablab
Pod
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lablab
Adans. (1763)
Species:
L. purpureus
Binomial name
Lablab purpureus
(L.) Sweet (1826)
Subspecies and varieties[1]
  • Lablab purpureus subsp. bengalensis (Jacq.) Verdc.
  • Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus
  • Lablab purpureus var. rhomboideus (Schinz) Verdc.
  • Lablab purpureus subsp. uncinatus Verdc.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Lablavia D.Don (1834)
  • Dolichos lablab L.
  • Dolichos purpureus L. (1763)
  • Lablab niger Medikus
  • Lablab lablab (L.) Lyons
  • Lablab vulgaris (L.) Savi
  • Vigna aristata Piper
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 India and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food.[1][3] English language common names include hyacinth bean,[4] lablab-bean[5] bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim or sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw and Australian pea.[6] Lablab is a monotypic genus.[3][7]

  1. ^ a b c "Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Lablab purpureus". Multilingual taxonomic information. University of Melbourne.
  3. ^ a b Lablab purpureus. Tropical Forages.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Lablab purpureus​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  6. ^ Lablab purpureus L. (Sweet). University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India.
  7. ^ Lablab purpureus, general information. Archived 2020-07-15 at the Wayback Machine University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India.