Lablab-bean Lablab purpureus

Description

Leaves are alternate, trifoliate, leaflets ovate or lanceolate with smooth margins. The papilionaceous flowers are fragrant, typically lavender, purple or white in color, borne in racemes. Fruit is a flattened, elongated pod, 5-20 cm × 1-5 cm, straight or curved, beaked. Seeds 3‒6, ovoid, laterally compressed, 0.5-1 cm long, white or cream through to light and dark brown, red to black, sometimes mottled; conspicuous white hilum extends around ⅓ of seed circumference.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical Plants of Economic Importance (AGRI-247) - Angiosperms: dicots CC BY 4.0

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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Lablab purpureus
Author
(L.) Sweet
Vernacular names
  • hyasinttipapu (Finnish)
  • hjälmböna (Swedish)
  • lablab-bean (English)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.5103343
Taxon rank
DNA barcode sequences
Lablab purpureus
22 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants