What Is The Scientific Name Of Lablab? (ANSWERS)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF LABLAB – In this topic, we are going to know about the scientific name of lablab or known in the country as bataw.
Also known as hyacinth bean, lablab-bean, bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, Australian pea, or in the Philippinnes as bataw, is a plant under the bean family Fabaceae.
It is home to Africa and is cultivated in the tropics for food. It is also a vine that is annual or short’lived perennial.
Its stems that can reach up to six meters in length and its leaves are made up to three pointed leaflets that are 15 centimetres long each.
Aside from the names above, it is also called Tonga bean, papaya bean, poor man bean, Seim and butter bean.
Scientific Name
The binomial nomenclature of lablab is Lablab purpureus.
Yes, Lablab is also its genus name. It is, by far, the only species that is under this genus. Lablab is an Arabic term lablāb which generally means “ivy” or botanically means “bindweed”.
The species name purpureus, on the other hand, is derived from Greek words purpura, which means “purple” added with the Greek suffix “-eus”; or the Ancicent Greek word “porphúreos“, which means “purple in color”.
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