Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
Infraspecies:: 3

Lablab purpureus subsp. bengalensis (Jacq.) Verdc.

Lablab purpureus var. rhomboideus (Schinz) Verdc.

Lablab purpureus subsp. uncinatus Verdc.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavichikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akanamikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsande	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amvri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anapachikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anumulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anvare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avarai#	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avarai-k-koti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avarai@	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avare balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bai bian dou	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
baibiandou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
bhatavasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhetarasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biǎn dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
biǎn dòu yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
boberlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonavist bean	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
bonavist-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bonavista bean	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
borboti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
báibiăndòu	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
cattirakkil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chapparada avare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chardari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavdari ghevda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikkatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikkiti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dolichi semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
dolichoris semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
dolichos seed	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
dolique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dolique d'egypte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
egyptian kidney bean	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
faselbohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ghevda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghevdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
helmbohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hyacinth bean	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
hyacinth-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kacang kara	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kacang sepat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang jeriji	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang kara	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang monyet	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang sepat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kadavevala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kara-kara	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kattu moccai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kekara	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kkachikong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kotiyaracu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotiyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lablab album semen	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lablab bean	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lablab semen album	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
lablab-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lablab-bohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
liblab	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
lobia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lobiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loblāb-e-kabeir	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
maccai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makhansim	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mankuvittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moccai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mochai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
motchai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutirakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutirikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muvilaiminni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muvilaiminnikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakaravarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nespava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ni mba ba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ni spa ba (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nis pa ba (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nishpava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nispava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nispavah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nispavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nitpavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nán biǎn dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nán dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pancari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pancarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandharepavate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paote	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pawta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purple hyacinth bean	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
rajashimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sem	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semen dolichoris	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
semen lablab album	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shvetashimbika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sim	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambadepavade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellachikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellachikurkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
téng dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
val	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vallah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vallaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valm	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellai avarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wal papri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wall	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white hyacinth bean	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yáng yǎn dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
é méi dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
đậu ván trắng	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
لبلاب کبیر	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
へンズ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
ヘンズ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
南扁豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
峨眉豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
扁豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
扁豆叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
扁豆根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
扁豆花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
扁豆藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
扁豆衣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白扁豆	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
羊眼豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
藤豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鹊豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Seed		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
seeds		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Seed		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	seed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed	ripe seed	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 39 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dolichos cultratus Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 340 (1794), sensu auct.
Dolichos lablab L. Sp. Pl.: 727 (1753).
Lablab niger Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 354 (1787).
Lablab vulgaris Savi Diss. Lablab: 19 (1821).
Vigna aristata Piper Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 665 (1926).
Dolichos albus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 439 (1790).
Dolichos amoenus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 334 (1796).
Dolichos crenatifructus Steud. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 225 (1848).
Dolichos cultratus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 134 (1775).
Dolichos ensiformis Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 279 (1784), sensu auct.
Dolichos festivus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5551 (1831), not validly publ.
Dolichos lablab var. albiflorus (DC.) Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 497 (1902).
Dolichos lablab var. crenatifructus Steud. ex Rivals Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 33: 523 (1953).
Dolichos lablab var. dolichocarpa Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 37 (1920).
Dolichos lablab f. lobata Vatke Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 7: 248 (1882).
Dolichos martinicensis Jacq. ex Medik. Philos. Bot. 1: 205 (1789).
Dolichos nervosus Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 342 (1827).
Dolichos racemosus Roxb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 523 (1840), not validly publ.
Dolichos sanguineus Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 45 (1805).
Dolichos spicatus J.Koenig ex Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 55 (1814).
Dolichos tetraspermus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1044 (1802).
Glycine lucida Blanco Fl. Filip.: 578 (1837), nom. illeg.
Hornera lignosa Neck. Elem. Bot. 3: 44 (1790), opus utique oppr.
Lablab cultratus DC. Prodr. 2: 402 (1825).
Lablab ferrugineus Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 354 (1787).
Lablab javanicus Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 191 (1855).
Lablab lablab (L.) A.Lyons Pl. Nam.: 212 (1900), not validly publ.
Lablab leucocarpos Savi Nuovo Giorn. Lett., ser. 3, 7: 121 (1824), orth. var.
Lablab leucocarpus Savi Diss. Lablab: 22 (1821).
Lablab lignosus Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5537 (1831), not validly publ.
Lablab martinicensis Medik. Philos. Bot. 1: 205 (1789).
Lablab nankinicus Savi Diss. Lablab: 22 (1821).
Lablab niger var. crenatifructus (Steud. ex Rivals) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXV (1969).
Lablab perennans DC. Prodr. 2: 402 (1825).
Lablab rufus Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 354 (1787).
Lablab vulgaris var. albiflorus DC. Prodr. 2: 401 (1825).
Lablab vulgaris var. microcarpus Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 51 (1842).
Lablavia vulgaris (Savi) D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 6: t. 236 (1834).
Phaseolus tetraspermus B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5536 (1831), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dolichos cultatus Thunb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dolichos lablab	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Dolichos lablab L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Dolichos lablab Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dolichos lablab Linne	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Dolichos lablab Linné	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Lablab niger Medicus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lablab niger Medik.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet subsp. purpureus	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet subsp. purpureus (L.) Sweet	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Lablab vulgaris (L.)Savi	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lablab vulgaris Sawl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vigna aristata Piper	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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