PLANTS Profile for Lablab purpureus (hyacinthbean)

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PLANTS Profile

Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
hyacinthbean

Symbol:

LAPU6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I
CAN		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Kenya. Usage Requirements.

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Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

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Distribution:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet


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USA (DC, FL, GA, HI, MA, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 1 species in Lablab or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Lablab purpureus ssp. purpureus
bonavist-bean

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Lablab Adans. – lablab
Species	Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet – hyacinthbean

Introduced Information:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503300.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 10:12 PM MDT