Fabaceae
Winged bean
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Psophocarpus
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Common names
By language (35)
- ace
- Reuteuek ngom
- Arabic
- فاصولياء مجنحة
- ban
- Kelongkang
- Bangla
- কামরাঙা শিম
- bik
- Paropagulong
- bjn
- Kacang balimbing
- Burmese
- ပဲစောင်းလျားပင်
- Chinese
- 四棱豆, 翼豆, 四棱豆根, 四稜豆, 四角豆
- Dutch
- Vleugelboon, Goaboon
- English
- Winged bean
- Esperanto
- Flugilfabo
- Filipino
- Sigarilyas
- Finnish
- Siipipapu, Goanpapu
- French
- Haricot ailé
- German
- Goabohne, Flügelbohne
- Iloko
- Pallang
- Indonesian
- Kecipir, Kacang botol
- Italian
- Fagiolo alato, Fagiolo della Birmania
- Japanese
- シカクマメ, 四角豆
- Javanese
- Kecipir, Cipir, Kecipir Penghasil Protein lan Karbohidrat
- kge
- Palisa
- Korean
- 날개콩
- mad
- Kacèpèr
- Malay
- Pokok Kacang Botor, Kacang botor, Kacang kelisa, Pokok Kacang kelisa
- Malayalam
- ചതുരപ്പയർ, Chathura Payar, Four-angled bean, Winged bean, ഇറച്ചിപ്പയർ, ചതുര പയർ
- nia
- Gaele-gaele
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Goabønne
- Russian
- Крылатые бобы
- shn
- ထူဝ်ႇပူင်, တူၼ်ႈထူဝ်ႇပူင်
- Sundanese
- Jaat
- szy
- Badas
- Tamil
- சதுர அவரை, இறகு அவரை, ஐவிரலி அவரை, கடல்நாக அவரை, கோவா அவரை, சதுரப் பயறு, சதுரவரை, மணிலா அவரை
- Thai
- ถั่วพู, ถั่วพลู
- Ukrainian
- Гірська квасоля, Крилата квасоля
- Vietnamese
- Đậu rồng, Đậu cánh, Đậu khế, Đậu xương rồng
Synonyms
- Botor tetragonoloba (L.) Kuntze
- Botor tetragonolobus (L.) Kuntze
- Dolichos ovatus Graham
- Dolichos tetragonolobus L.
- Psophocarpus tetragonolobus var. aequalis Hassk.
- Psophocarpus tetragonolobus var. macrocarpus Hassk.
- Psophocarpus tetragonolobus var. micropterus Hassk.
Flowers
- In flower
- April, September to November (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: STRONGlk7, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wee Hong, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nadezhda Bortnikova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.