Lablab purpureus
n : perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having
trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike
flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as
an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian
subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos [syn: hyacinth
bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Dolichos
lablab]