Lablab purpureus

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Lablab purpureus - 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 Dolichosbonavist, Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Indian beangenus Lablab, Lablab - one species: hyacinth beanvine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface