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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle

Cultivated

C

Common Names

• Asparagus Pea
• Princess Pea
• Goa Bean
• Manila Bean
• Four-angled Bean
• Winged Bean. Kok-tau
• Princess Bean
• Kecipir
• Seguidilla
• Thua Pu
• Pois Carres
• Frijol Alado
• Si leng dou (Pinyin)
• Kachang Botor (Singapore)
• Htapang (Myanmar)
• Ku-bemya (Myanmar)
• Pe-myit (Myanmar)
• Pe-zaungya (Myanmar)
• San-to-nan (Myanmar)
• To-pan (Myanmar)
• Mak toua fou(pou)(Vietnam)
• Dâu ram (Vietnam)
• Daû rong (Vietnam)
• Dâu khê (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Tropical Asia? E. Africa? Mauritius
• Malaysia
• Java
• Moluccas
• Sumatra
• Madagascar
• Myanmar

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Nov

Annual or perennial glabrous twining tuberous herb with axillary 100mm racemes of 50mm reddish-brown or pale blue flowers, green outside, fruit a 4-winged pod yellow-green to green, sometimes with red spots, to 400mm long x 35 with wings to 10mm wide, 3-foliolate pinnate leaves

Flowers & leaves boiled & eaten

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Bailey 1976
• Rubatzky 1997 Smith 1998
• FOC
• JDH
• IPNI
• APDC
• FOSi
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine