Hyacinth bean , Lablab purpureus , Poor man's bean, is a native of Africa

783.🪻🫛 Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) also known as Poor man's bean, is a native of Africa. A vigorously trailing, twining herbaceous plant. 

🪻🫛Stems are usually purplish in color, robust, hairy and trailing up to 3-6m in length. Leaves are trifoliate with 3 somewhat triangular leaflets, 2 facing each other and one terminal leaflet. Pinkish pea like flowers are borne in upright clusters.

🪻🫛It has pinkish-red, slightly curved, and flattened, thick, bean pods, often cultivated as a pulse or fodder crop. The beans can be toxic when eaten raw, but edible if boiled and cooked properly.

🪻🫛Scientific name: Lablab purpureus

Common names: Hyacinth bean, Lablab bean, Poor man's bean

Family: Fabaceae

Native Distribution: Africa, Western Indian Ocean (Madagascar)

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