Leguminosae-pap Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

Engraving from H.Sloane (1707 Jamaican voyage... )
| |	© H.Sloane (Sherardian lib. Oxford)

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Flower
• Vegetative
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Grenada - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Climber to 5m;corolla white blue or putple, in racemes to 25cm; pods 5-10cm, 3-5 black or white seeds 5-17mm long x 5mm wide and thick, with a coating (aril) 6-14mm long; spongy between the seeds

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
s.n.