perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
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| Dolichos lablab |
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| Egyptian bean |
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| Indian bean |
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| Lablab purpureus |
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| bonavist |
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| hyacinth bean |
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