- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Basionym : Dolichos purpureus L.
- Synonym(s) : Dolichos lablab L.; Lablab vulgaris (L.) Savi
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
- Common name : Hyacinth Bean, Lablab bean, Bonavist bean, Indian butter bean
- Vernacular name :
- Thattampayaru, Avarai (Tamil)
- Amara, Avara, Kattavara, Kattuavarai, Mochakatta (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Comments / notes : Cultivated widely for its edible seed.
- Key identification features : Flowers reddish or white; Pod tipped with the hooked persistant base of the style.
- Flower, Fruit : October-February
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kerala
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, R
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropics of the World
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 211
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lablab purpureus. Downloaded on 19 February 2025.
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