Derivation of specific name
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purpureus: purple
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
subsp. uncinatus Verdc.
var. uncinatus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132450
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial climber. The species originates from Africa but now widely cultivated for its edible beans. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets rhombic-ovate with straight or slightly concave sides. Flowers in axillary inflorescences, mauve to purple with various amounts of white. Pods flat with a verrucose margin.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
subsp. uncinatus Verdc.
var. uncinatus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132450
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Frequent
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
subsp. uncinatus Verdc.
var. uncinatus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132450
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical Africa extending to the Cape and Madagascar
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
subsp. uncinatus Verdc.
var. uncinatus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
