Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Lablab purpureus in north-west Maharashtra

[Dinesh Valke]

Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

• LAB-lab -- aboriginal name
  pur-PUR-ee-us -- purple

Dec 18, 2009 ... at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra

commonly known as: bonavista bean, dolichos bean, Egyptian kidney bean, field bean, hyacinth bean, lablab bean, pendal bean, pole bean, poor man's bean, waby bean • Assamese: উৰহী urashi • Bengali: শিম sheem • Gujarati: વાલ vaal • Hindi: सेम sem • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪರದವರೆ capparadavare • Malayalam: അമര amara • Manipuri: হৱাঈ উৰী hawai uri • Marathi: घेवडा ghevada, वारवा varava • Mizo: bepui • Oriya: semi • Prakrit: सिम्वा simba • Sanskrit: अङ्गुलिफला anguliphala, शिम्बा shimba • Tamil: சிவப்பவரை civappavarai, காட்டுமொச்சை kattu-moccai, பாலவரை pal-avarai, வெள்ளவரை vel-l-avarai • Telugu: చిక్కుడు chikkudu • Urdu: سيم sem

Native to: Africa; cultivated pan-tropically


some views:

• Nov 23, 2008 ... at Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Dec 26, 2009 ... at Rajguru Nagar, near Pune
  
• Jan 29, 2011 ... at Kohoj Fort, near Manor, Maharashtra
  

Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who are unable to view them among contents above.

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Dinesh ji

Another nice set of photographs

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