Dolichos lablab L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Dolichos lablab L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Sparingly pubescent, climbing or trailing, 5 m. long or less. Leaves longpetioled. Leaflets ovate, acute or acuminate, 4-10 cm. long, the terminal one equilateral and long-stalked, the others inequilateral and short-stalked; racemes axillary, several-flowered, longer than the leaves; flowers short-pedicelled, 1.5- 2 cm. broad, white to purple; pods about 7.5 cm. long, nearly 2.5 cm. wide, the upper edge nearly straight, the lower curved and glandular-serrulate; seeds somewhat compressed, black with a white linear strophiole, about 1 cm. long.

  • Distribution

    Spontaneous after cultivation. New Providence and Eleuthera. Native of the Old World tropics. Widely planted and spontaneous in tropical America. Black Bean.

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