Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus (L.) Sweet

Subspecies

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous plant. It grows 3.536-4.286m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 3.54 - 4.29
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-8
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses animal food breeding cover plant eating environmental use food forage leaf vegetable manure material medicinal pasture
Edible flowers fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Alcoholism (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Earache (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Intoxication (unspecified), Leucorrhea (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Thirst (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 9 - 25
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 32
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus world distribution map, present in Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Maldives, Myanmar, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Russian Federation, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Ukraine, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77172986-1
WFO ID wfo-0000181643
COL ID 5J7RR
BDTFX ID 167863
INPN ID 710422
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Dolichos lablab Lablab cultratus Dolichos albus Lablavia vulgaris Dolichos spicatus Lablab niger Lablab nankinicus Lablab perennans Lablab lignosus Lablab martinicensis Lablab ferrugineus Lablab javanicus Lablab lablab Lablab leucocarpus Dolichos martinicensis Dolichos nervosus Dolichos amoenus Dolichos crenatifructus Dolichos cultratus Dolichos festivus Dolichos racemosus Dolichos sanguineus Dolichos tetraspermus Hornera lignosa Dolichos cultratus Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus Lablab vulgaris var. albiflorus Lablab vulgaris Lablab rufus Vigna aristata Dolichos lablab var. albiflorus Lablab vulgaris var. microcarpus Dolichos lablab var. crenatifructus