Characteristics
Dicots
Lablab purpureus (L.)Sweet
HYACINTHBEAN
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Not Native
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Classification
FABALES
Lablab purpureus (L.)Sweet - HYACINTHBEAN
Citation
LABLAB PURPUREUS (Linnaeus) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 481. 1826.
Dolichos purpureus Linnaeus 1763.
FRANCE: Loire-Atlantique: Reze near Nantes, hort. C. Renault, 14 Aug 1900, Herb. Gadeceau s.n. (neotype: BM). Neotypified by Verdcourt, in Turland & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 46: 469. 1997.
Species Distribution Map

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Synonyms
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Type
Dolichos albus
Dolichos albus Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 439. 1790.
 
 
Dolichos lablab
Dolichos lablab Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 725. 1753.
 
TYPE: EGYPT: Without data (lectotype: Alpini, Pl. Aegypt. Liber. t. 75. 1640). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, in Milne-Readhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Legum. 4: 697. 1971.
Dolichos purpureus
Dolichos purpureus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1021. 1763.
 
TYPE: FRANCE: Loire-Atlantique: Reze near Nantes, hort. C. Renault, 14 Aug 1900, Herb. Gadeceau s.n. (neotype: BM). Neotypified by Verdcourt, in Turland & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 46: 469. 1997.
Lablab niger
Lablab niger Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 354. 1787.
BASIONYM: Dolichos lablab Linnaeus 1753.
 
Lablab vulgaris
Lablab vulgaris Savi, Nuovo Giorn. Lett., ser. 3. 8: 116. 1824, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Lablab niger Medikus 1787; Dolichos lablab Linnaeus 1753.
 
Vigna aristata
Vigna aristata Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 665. 1926.
 
TYPE: COLOMBIA: Caldas: Salento, cultivated in a garden, Jul 1922, Salazar 10 (holotype: US).
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Lablab purpureus - 159
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Lablab purpureus - 159
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