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Lablab purpureus ssp. bengalensis

Botanic Family
Leguminosae
Author
(Jacquin) Verdcourt
Propagation
S.
Cultivated
C, edible & medicinal, ornamental with cultivars
Hardiness Zone
Min7C

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Robust glabrous perennial twiner with racemes of at least 300mm of reddish flowers, corolla 25mm long, glabrous pod to 150mm long

Chemical products, forage, medicine, pods & seeds used as vegetables, seeds have medicinal uses, plant used for fodder, cultivated as an ornamental

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