Lablab purpureus, commonly called hyacinth bean, is an ornamental twining vine with handsome, purple-tinged, trifoliate leaves. It rapidly grows to 20' and will easily cover a trellis in a single season.

Status L. purpureus is an introduced species in the United States. Please consult the PLANTS Web site and your State Department of Natural Resources for this plant’s current status (e.g., threatened or …

Lablab purpureus is widely cultivated in warm tem­perate to tropical climates for human food and live­stock fodder, green cover, and medicine, and as an ornamental …

Now widely cultivated as a crop pan-tropically, and especially important in India (especially southern India) and Bangladesh.

Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae.

Lablab Bean Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus is grown in Asia as a field crop for seeds and fodder. It is a semi-erect bushy perennial usually grown as an annual, showing little or no tendency to climb.

Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet, also known as hyacinth bean, is a fast-growing, annual or perennial vine in the legume family, Fabaceae. The plant is native to tropical Africa and is widely cultivated in the …

Abstract Lablab bean (Lablab purpureus L.) is an important summer-growing annual or occasional short-lived perennial forage legume grown primarily in the arid and semi-arid tropics. It is an excellent …

Unlike many other plant genera that boast hundreds or even thousands of species, Lablab belong to the Fabaceae family, contains only one: Lablab purpureus. But don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s …

In India lablab is called ′Surti Papdi′ (in Gujarati). [21] In Bangladesh and West Bengal, the green pods along with the beans, known as Sheem (শিম), are cooked as vegetables or cooked with fish as a …