Lobia , or hyacinth beans , or Egyptian beans ( lat. Lablab purpureus ) - a species of grassy, mostly climbing plants of the legume family ( Fabaceae ).
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Lablab purpureus ( L. ) Sweet , 1826 |
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- Lablab purpureus subsp. bengalensis
- Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus
- Lablab purpureus subsp. uncinatus
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Botanical illustration from the book by
Francisco Manuel Blanco Flora de Filipinas ,
1880-1883Content
The stem reaches a length of 3-5 m, gives 15-20 lateral shoots. Leaves are formed by three leaves. Large flowers of white, reddish or purple flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences.
Fruits - beans, flattened, curved, with beak-pointed tips, in which from two to four seeds are formed. Seeds are large, spherical, ovoid or flattened, with a scar, white, or brown, black.
It is known in culture since antiquity as a food and feed plant. The place of origin is reliably unknown; it supposedly originated in the foothills of Kilimanjaro , from where it entered Egypt and Asia . It is cultivated mainly in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, sometimes in South and Central America.
Unripe beans and ripe seeds are used for food.
There are many varieties and forms. In Europe, cultivated as an annual ornamental plant.
Previously, the plant was included in the genus Dolichos , in connection with which in many publications the plant is referred to as Dolichos vulgaris , or Dolichos lablab .
Synonyms:
- Dolichos benghalensis Jacq.
- Dolichos lablab L.
- Dolichos purpureus L.
- Lablab lablab (L.) Lyons
- Lablab niger Medik.
- Vigna aristata piper
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- Lobia // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
