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Lablab purpureus (L.)Sweet

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Lablab Adans.

Lablab purpureus (L.)Sweet [Preferred name]
    Dolichos benghalensis Jacq. {Synonym}
    Dolichos lablab L. {Synonym}
    Dolichos purpureus L. {Synonym}
    Lablab niger Medik. {Synonym}
    Lablab purpurea (L.)Sweet {Synonym}
    Lablab vulgaris (L.)Savi {Synonym}
    Vigna aristata Piper {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Antaque [1915]; Banner Bean [1056]; Black Bean [1790, 2153]; Bonavist [453, 1790, 2153, 2266]; Bonavist Bean [1056, 1902, 3705]; Carmelita [2157]; Frijol Caballero [2157]; Haricot [3063]; Haricot Rouge [3057]; Ho-dhambala [4751]; Hyacinth Bean [1902, 1915, 2264, 2968, 3705]; Kiri-dambala [4751]; Kos-ata-dambala [4751]; Lablab [1941]; Lablab Bean [1902, 3705]; Minni [4751]; Motchai [4751]; Natoba [2264]; Pois Antaque [1915]; Pois Gervais [3053]; Pois Gerville [3053]; Pois Nourrice [2157]; Pois de Senteur [2157]; Ratu-peti-dambala [4751]; Sudu-peti-dambala [4751]; Tapirucusu [1661]; Tatta-payaru [4751]; Toba [2264]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Botswana (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Cape Verde (U) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [216]; Gabon (N) [8]; Ghana (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Mali (N) [561]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Namibia (N) [8, 232]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (N) [216]; Sudan (N) [29]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  Asia
Bhutan (I) [1947]; Cambodia (I) [1942, 2851]; China (N) [1179]; East Timor (I) [3004]; Hainan (U) [3424]; India (I) [1914, 2851, 3009, 3017, 3021, 3027, 3028, 3031, 3037, 3040, 3041, 3092, 3094, 3098, 3140, 3366, 3370, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3380, 3615, 3663]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3370]; Bihar [3031]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3041]; Karnataka [3021]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3098]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3615]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3663]; West Bengal [3037]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [261, 1969, 3004, 3898]; Iran (I) [1939]; Iraq (I) [1939]; Irian Jaya (I) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (I) [1942, 2851]; Malaysia (I) [2111, 3004]; Myanmar (I) [3366]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (I) [1979, 3963]; Ryukyu Is (I) [2825]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957, 3705]; Sumatera (N) [3004]; Thailand (I) [1942]; Vietnam (I) [1942, 2851]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Antigua-Barbuda (I) [453]; Bahamas (U) [2153]; Barbados (I) [453]; Cayman Is (I) [453]; Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Grenada (I) [453]; Guadeloupe (I) [453]; Haiti (I) [2157]; Jamaica (I) [1056]; Martinique (I) [453]; Montserrat (I) [453]; Netherlands Leeward Is (I) [453]; St Kitts-Nevis (I) [453]; St Martin-St Barthelemy (I) [453]; St Vincent (I) [453]
  Central America
El Salvador (I) [2156]; Mexico(South East) (I) [1117]; Nicaragua (I) [3348]; Panama (I) [1224, 1243]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [3366]; Christmas I (I) [3920]; Comoro Is (N) [8]; Laccadive Is (I) [3379]; Madagascar (N) [1982, 3402]; Maldives (I) [3062, 3076]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3067]; Agalega I [3067]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  Middle East
Bahrain (I) [1939]; Oman (I) [1939]; Saudi Arabia (I) [1939]; Yemen (I) [1939]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (U) [2264]; Hawaii (I) [1939]; Marshall Is (I) [2235]; Nauru (I) [2235]; Niue (I) [2266]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Society Is (I) [2968]
  South America
Brazil (I) [1414]; French Guiana (I) [2285]; Galapagos (I) [1712]; Guyana (I) [2285]; Peru (I) [2090]; Surinam (I) [2285]; Venezuela (I) [1661]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 261, 1790, 1859, 1915, 1919, 1938, 1941, 1942, 2111, 2153, 2157, 2828, 2851, 3057, 3348, 3402, 3424, 3705, 3898, 3920] ; Illustration [24, 210, 220, 230, 261, 1790, 1859, 1915, 1939, 1942, 2153, 2157, 2901, 3402, 3424]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [1941] [2851] [3402], Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [1915] [2851], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [1915] [2851], Perennial [1915] [2851] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1999-

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1852]; Environmental [261, 1852, 2828]; Food and Drink [210, 261, 1942, 2828, 2968, 3034, 3062, 3402]; Forage [261, 1852, 3053]; Medicine [1852, 3034]; Miscellaneous [3034]; Toxins [2968]

  
NOTES:
  Widely cultivated and sometimes naturalized. [2832]
  Alternative classifications recognize cultivar groups. [2832]
  The wild form (subsp. uncinatus Verdc.) is found only in Africa. [2832]
  Widely cultivated in the Tropics; traditionally cultivated in NG Highlands. [336]
  Of African origin. [3920]
  Ssp.uncinatus occurs in Africa only. [336]
  Cultivated as an annual. [1915]

  
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