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| name = Hyacinth bean<br />
| image = DolichosLablab3.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Hyacinth bean plant<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Fabales]]<br />
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]<br />
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]<br />
| tribus = [[Phaseoleae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Lablab]]''<br />
| species = '''''L. purpureus'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Lablab purpureus''<br />
| binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Robert Sweet (botanist)|Sweet]]<br />
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The '''Hyacinth Bean''' (''Lablab purpureus'', [[syn.]] ''Dolichos lablab'' L., ''Dolichos purpureus'' L., ''Lablab niger'' Medikus, ''Lablab lablab'' (L.) Lyons, ''Vigna aristata'' Piper, and ''Lablab vulgaris'', L.) Savi. <ref>[http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Lablab.html#purpureus ''Lablab purpureus''] at Multilingual taxonomic information from the [[University of Melbourne]]</ref>), also called '''Indian Bean''' and '''Egyptian Bean''', is a plant of the family [[Fabaceae]] is a species of [[bean]] widespread as a food crop throughout the [[tropics]], especially in [[Africa]]. It is also grown as [[forage]] <ref>[http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/GBASE/data/Pf000047.HTM ''Lablab purpureus''] at [[FAO]]</ref> and as an [[ornamental plant]]. <ref>[http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A114 ''Lablab purpureus''] at [[Missouri Botanical Garden]]</ref> In addition, this plant is also cited as a [[medicinal plant]] and a [[poisonous plant]]. <ref>[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Lablab+purpureus Lablab purpureus] at [[Plants For A Future]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Dolicla.htm Lablab purpureus] at [[North Carolina State University]]</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*[http://lakecounty.typepad.com/life_in_lake_county/2007/05/the_hyacinth_be.html The Hyacinth Bean] - Informative but non-scholarly essay on Hyacinth Bean history, uses, etymology.<br />
*[http://www.moodindico.com/index.php?token=story&id=116 The Banglalore bean]<br />
*Murphy, Andrea M.; Colucci, Pablo E. [http://www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrd11/2/colu.htm A tropical forage solution to poor quality ruminant diets: A review of Lablab purpureus] Livestock Research for Rural Development (11) 2 1999<br />
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[[Image:Lablab purpureus Steve Hurst 1.jpg|thumb|left|hyacinth beans]]<br />
The hyacinth bean grows as a [[vine]], producing purple [[flower]]s and striking electric-purple coloured [[seed]] pods. Pods and seeds may be [[poison]]ous due to high concentrations of [[cyanogenic]] [[glucoside]]s, and can only be eaten after prolonged boiling. The leaves and stems are also used to make [[hay]].<br />
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