bonavist

Meanings

• 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

Synonyms

• hyacinth bean
• Indian bean
• Egyptian bean
• Lablab purpureus
• Dolichos lablab

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