NOM | plant | bonavist | perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds |
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Sentit | perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos. | |
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Membre de | genus lablab, lablab | One species |
General | parra, planta enfiladissa, vinya | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
Anglès | hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab | |
Espanyol | bonavist, Lablab purpureus |
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