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Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
hyacinthbean

   
Symbol: LAPU6
Group: Dicot
Family: Fabaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Vine
Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    I
HI    I
PR    I
VI    I
CAN    I



   
Other common names:
  lablab bean
Photograph of Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Kenya.
 
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Distribution by State:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

Distributional Map for Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
Distribution Map Legend

Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet distribution:
USA (DC, FL, GA, HI, MA, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (ON)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
DC, FL, HI, MA, NY, OH, PA

 

Related Taxa:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

236 genera in Fabaceae, 1 species in Lablab
Distribution of Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet ssp. purpureus. .
Lablab purpureus ssp. purpureus
bonavist-bean
Related Taxa Legend
 

Classification:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Rosidae
Order   Fabales
Family   Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus   Lablab Adans. – lablab
Species   Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet – hyacinthbean
 

Introduced Information:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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