Skip to main content
🌿 The Science of Life — Ayur (Life) + Veda (Knowledge)

The winged bean ,Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

🫛🌿The winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), is a tropical herbaceous legume plant from the family Fabaceae, native to South and South East Asia.

🫛🌿Winged bean is widely recognised by consumers and farmers in South Asia and South East Asia for its variety of uses and disease resistance. Winged bean is nutrient-rich and all parts of the plant are edible. The leaves can be eaten like spinach, flowers can be used in salads, tubers can be eaten raw or cooked, and seeds can be used in similar ways as the soybean. The winged bean is an underutilised species but has the potential to become a major multi-use food crop.

🫛🌿It is also known by many other common names like cigarillas, goa bean, four-angled bean, four-cornered bean, manila bean, princess bean, asparagus pea, and dragon bean.

References:
Wikipedia

Reference 



Plants of Singapore
Share this article
Discuss This on WhatsApp
Verified Ayurveda Physicians

Ayurveda Experts Online

Connect with trusted Ayurvedic doctors and Panchakarma specialists across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Dombivli, Kalyan, Ambernath, Badlapur, Karjat & Panvel.

Eternal Infinite Bliss

सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः

सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।

सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु

मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत।

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥

May all sentient beings be at peace,

may no one suffer from illness,

May all see what is auspicious, may no one suffer.

Om peace, peace, peace.

सभी सुखी होवें,

सभी रोगमुक्त रहें,

सभी मंगलमय घटनाओं के साक्षी बनें

और किसी को भी दुःख का भागी न बनना पड़े।

ॐ शांति शांति शांति॥