Showing Food Hyacinth bean
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| Name | Hyacinth bean | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Lablab purpureus | ||||||||||
| Description | Lablab purpureus, commonly known as the hyacinth bean, Indian bean, calavance, seim, Egyptian bean, njahi, bulay, bataw, a species of bean in the family Fabaceae, is widespread as a food crop throughout the tropics, especially in Africa, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. A traditional food plant in Africa, this little-known vegetable in the West has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00381 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Pulses | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Beans | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Fabales | ||||||||||
| Family | Fabaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Lablab | ||||||||||
| Species | purpureus | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 503300 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Lablab purpureus | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||