Other conspecific taxa:

• Lablab purpureus subsp. bengalensis (1 accessions)
• Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus (284 accessions)
• Lablab purpureus subsp. uncinatus (1 accessions)

Common names:

• hyacinth-bean  (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - English
• lablab-bean  (Source: BSBI) - English
• fagiolo d'Egitto  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• hjälmböna  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• bian dou  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Medicines: folklore ()

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Gabon, Rwanda
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, [Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape] Swaziland
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar


Cultivated (widely cult.)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=104887. Accessed 21 June 2018.