Other conspecific taxa:

• Lablab purpureus subsp. bengalensis (1 accessions)
• Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus (3 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, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West]
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar


Cultivated (widely cult.)

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