Fabaceae
Hyacinth bean
Lablab purpureus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lablab
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Common names
By language (46)
- Arabic
- لبلب, لبلاب
- arz
- لبلب
- Bangla
- শিম
- Burmese
- နွေပဲ
- Cantonese
- 扁豆
- Catalan
- Enredadera de guixó
- Chinese
- 扁豆, 鵲豆, 扁豆一种, 扁豆叶, 扁豆根, 扁豆花, 扁豆藤, 扁豆衣
- Danish
- Hjelmbønne, Hyacintbønne
- dtp
- Kara-kara
- Dutch
- Hyacintboon
- English
- Hyacinth bean, Hyacinthbean, Australian pea, Bataw, Bonavist bean, Bonavist pea, Butter bean, Egyptian kidney bean
- Esperanto
- Lablabo
- Filipino
- Bitsuwelas, Abitsuelas, Abitsuwelas, Abitswelas, Bataw, Bitsuelas, Bitswelas, Habichuela
- Finnish
- Hyasinttipapu
- French
- Antaque, Dolique d'Égypte, Pois Antaque
- German
- Helmbohne, Faselbohne, Hyazinthbohne, Ägyptische Bohne
- Gujarati
- વાલ
- Hebrew
- שעועית יקינתון
- Indonesian
- Kara, Kacang kara, Komak
- Italian
- Dolico egiziano, Lablab
- Japanese
- フジマメ, シカクマメ, 藤豆
- Kannada
- ಅವರೆ
- Kazakh
- Сүмбіл бұршақ
- Korean
- 편두, 까치콩, 제비콩
- Malagasy
- Antaka
- Malay
- Kara-kara
- Malayalam
- അമര, Hyacinth bean
- Marathi
- वाल
- Nepali
- टाटे सिमी
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hjelmbønne
- Odia
- ଶିମ୍ବ
- Persian
- لبلب
- Polish
- Chropawiec pospolity, Fasolnik egipski, Wspięga pospolita
- Portuguese
- Lablab
- Russian
- Лобия, Vigna aristata, Ггипетские бобы, Гиацинтовые бобы, Долихос "Вьющаяся сирень", Долихос лаблаб, Долихос обыкновенный
- sg
- Gbundo
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈထူဝ်ႇတႅပ်ႇ, ထူဝ်ႇတႅပ်ႇ
- Sindhi
- سيم, ليبلاب, چنؤرو
- Spanish
- Chaucha japonesa, Dolico gigante, Dólico gigante, Frijol de Egipto, Fríjol de Egipto, Judia de Egipto, Judía de Egipto, Poroto de Egipto
- Swahili
- Mfiwi mafuta
- Swedish
- Hjälmbönssläktet, Hjälmböna, Hjälmbönor
- syl
- ꠃꠞꠤ
- Tamil
- அவரை
- Thai
- ถั่วแปบ
- trv
- Wicang, Gicang, Gisang
- Vietnamese
- Đậu ván
Synonyms
- Dolichos purpureus L.
- Lablab purpurea (L.) Sweet
Flowers
- In flower
- July to April (from 133 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Meehir Pawar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Whitney Mattila, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Craig Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chiachiwu, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Craig Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zenon Sych, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.