Gurucharanji: nice pictures... and am sure your classification is without a flaw... so issues with this submission of yours...
== but This bean ... the entire group... needs to be studied in INDIAN context.... proteins and lectins ie genes are different in different "members" of beans that are all lumped by plant list and kew as dolichos lablab / lablab purpurens... May be we can have a week just for the lablab in feb or march next year ... gives us time to collect data and grow a few of these ourselves in our yards and or balconies... this 'ONE " name is a source of much much confusion... for me.. at least... Is not any body else bothered by this Lablab bean... and all its incarnations? lets here from all... Usha di ========= On Nov 9, 9:11 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Lablab purpureus* (L.) Sweet, Hort. brit. ed. 1:481. 1826 > syn: *Dolichos lablab* L > > Common Names: Hyacinth bean, lablab bean, lubia bean, sem bean, Indian > bean, bonavist bean > > Climber with trifoliate leaves, leaflets triangular-ovate or rhombic, up to > 15 cm long; flowers purple or white; pod flattened, up to 8 cm long, > pointed at both ends. > > Photographed from Botanical garden, Khalsa College, Delhi > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Dolichos-lablab-Delhi-3.jpg > 111KViewDownload > > Dolichos-lablab-Khalsa-8-3-Delhi-1-DSC03283.jpg > 262KViewDownload > > Dolichos-lablab-Khalsa-8-3-Delhi-2-DSC03286.jpg > 146KViewDownload > > Dolichos-lablab-Khalsa-26-10-Delhi-4-DSC07419.jpg > 294KViewDownload
