Lablab purpureus (L.)Sweet

Lablab purpureus (L.)Sweet

Status: Accepted
Genus: Lablab Adans.
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [1941][1915][275][1056][1790]

Other names:

Dolichos benghalensis Jacq. [Synonym] [1430]
Dolichos lablab L. [Synonym] [1712][2828][1915][210][453][1243][1414][1430][1661]
Dolichos purpureus L. [Synonym] [1056][453][1414][1243][1430][1661][1712][1915][2828]
Lablab niger Medikus [Synonym] [275][2828][1712][1430][1414]
Lablab purpurea (L.)Sweet [Synonym] [2828][2907]
Lablab vulgaris (L.)Savi [Synonym] [1915][210]
Vigna aristata Piper [Synonym] [1712]

Common Names:

Antaque [1915]
Banner Bean [1056]
Black Bean [1790] [2153]
Bonavist [1790] [2153] [2266] [453]
Bonavist Bean [1056] [1902]
Carmelita [2157]
Frijol Caballero [2157]
Hyacinth Bean [1902] [1915] [2264] [2968]
Lablab [1941]
Lablab Bean [1902]
Natoba [2264]
Pois Antaque [1915]
Pois de Senteur [2157]
Pois Nourrice [2157]
Tapirucusu [1661]
Toba [2264]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
Lifespan:
- Annual
- Perennial
Stems:
- Climbing
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1993 Polhill RM
- 1993 Zarucchi JL
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
- 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
- 1999-05 Heald J
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Chemical products [1852]
Environmental [1852] [2828]
Food and Drink [210] [3062] [2968] [2828]
Forage [1852] [3053]
Medicine [1852]
Toxins [2968]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa [561]
- Angola-ISO [216]
- Botswana [8]
- Cameroon [212]
- Cape Verde [8]
- Chad [64]
- Ethiopia [216]
- Gabon [8]
- Ghana [212]
- Ivory Coast [212]
- Kenya [210]
- Mali [561]
- Mozambique [8]
- Namibia-ISO [8] [232]
- Niger [78]
- Nigeria [212]
- Rwanda [220]
- Senegal [212]
- Sierra Leone [212]
- South Africa [216]
- Sudan [29]
- Tanzania [210]
- Togo [23]
- Uganda [210]
- Zambia [28]
- Zimbabwe [8]

Asia [261] [1179] [1914] [1915] [1938] [1939] [1942] [1947] [1957] [1969] [1979] [2825]
- Bhutan [1947]
- China [1179]
- India-ISO [1914]
- Indonesia-ISO [1969]
- Iran [1939]
- Iraq [1939]
- Irian Jaya [261]
- Laos [1942]
- Pakistan [1938]
- Philippines [1979]
- Ryukyu Is [2825]
- Sri Lanka [1957]
- Vietnam [1942]

Australasia [261] [1880]
- Australia [1880]
  - New South Wales
  - Queensland
  - Western Australia
- Papua New Guinea [261]

Caribbean [453] [1056] [2153] [2157]
- Antigua-Barbuda [453]
- Bahamas [2153]
- Barbados [453]
- Cayman Is [453]
- Dominican Republic [2157]
- Grenada [453]
- Guadeloupe [453]
- Haiti [2157]
- Jamaica [1056]
- Martinique [453]
- Montserrat [453]
- Netherlands Leeward Is [453]
- St Kitts-Nevis [453]
- St Martin-St Barthelemy [453]
- St Vincent [453]

Central America [1117] [2156]
- El Salvador [2156]
- Mexico(South East) [1117]
- Panama [1224] [1243]

Indian Ocean [1915] [1941] [1982] [3062] [3067]
- Comoro Is [8]
- Madagascar [1982]
- Maldives [3062]
- Mauritius [1915] [3067]
- Reunion [1915]
- Seychelles [1941]

Middle East [1939]
- Bahrain [1939]
- Oman [1939]
- Saudi Arabia [1939]
- Yemen [1939]

Pacific Ocean [1939] [2235] [2264] [2266] [2968]
- Fiji [2264]
- Hawaii [1939]
- Marshall Is [2235]
- Nauru [2235]
- Niue [2266]
- Northern Marianas [2235]
- Society Is [2968]

South America [1712] [2090] [2285]
- Brazil [1414]
- French Guiana [2285]
- Galapagos [1712]
- Guyana [2285]
- Peru [2090]
- Surinam [2285]
- Venezuela [1661]

Notes:

Cyanide poisoning has been reported from seeds of coloured varieties. [2968]
Three subspecies: see subsp. bengalensis, subsp. purpureus & subsp. uncinatus.

Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:57:20