Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Lablab purpureus subsp. bengalensis (Jacq.) Verdc.

Lablab purpureus var. rhomboideus (Schinz) Verdc.

Lablab purpureus subsp. uncinatus Verdc.

Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!hureb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!huureb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
/orab	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
adavichikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anapachikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antaque	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anumulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anvare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avare baele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avare balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avare kaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avarekaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banner bean	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
barui	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
bhatvas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bian dou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bian dou yi	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
bili maniavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black bean	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
boberulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonavist	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bonavist bean	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bonavista bean	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
capparada-avare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carmelita	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinhawane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dambala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
egyptian bean	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
egyptian kidney bean	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fagiolo d'egitto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fiwi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
frijol caballero	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
haricot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
haricot rouge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hiunde simi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hjälmböna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hodhambala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
holadavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hyacinth bean	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hyacinth-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ihranda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indian bean	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
indian butter bean	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
irpombo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kadavebaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu mochai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khebalakhatha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khocha simi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kiridambala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kos-ata-dambala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lablab	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
lablab bean	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lablab-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lablab-boontjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lagat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lubia bean	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mangwanyet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maniavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marage	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbombo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbumbu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mfiwi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
minni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mon sran leb mo dkar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
motchai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mpupu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
munawa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mön sen lep mo kar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
natoba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ncabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngiima	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nispavah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
njabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
njahi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
njavi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
njawu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nwai-pe	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
nzavi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ormbombo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pandharepavate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paote	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parvate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pois antaque	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pois de senteur	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pois gervais	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pois gerville	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pois nourrice	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pupu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ratu-peti-dambala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ratupeti dambala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rinchhai	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sem	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shim	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
shimi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sikandakanda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
simi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sudu-peti-dambala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tambadepavade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tapirucusu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tatta-payaru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thellachikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellachikurkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
val	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valolia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vare baela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
දඹල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
රතුපෙති දඹල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
མོན་སྲན་ལེབ་མོ་དཀར་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Roots		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Seeds		Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
seed coat		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dolichos purpureus L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1021 (1763).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dolichos purpureus L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lablab purpurea (L.)H.R.Sweet	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lablab purpureus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lablab purpureus (L.)H.R.Sweet	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lablab purpureus (Linnaeus) Sweet	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Lablab purpureus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

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