Light mauve or purple, fragrant, pea-like flowers in summer are followed by long, glowing red-purple pods with edible seeds. In the tropics it is grown for green manure and animal feed and for its edible pods and seeds. Twining climber 10-20 feet tall. Oval-triangular 6 inch long leaves. From Tropical Africa. Full sun.
Dolichos lablab ‘Ruby Moon’ Hyacinth Bean syn. Lablab purpureus
Description
Light mauve or purple, fragrant, pea-like flowers in summer are followed by long, glowing red-purple pods with edible seeds. In the tropics it is grown for green manure and animal feed and for its edible pods and seeds. Twining climber 10-20 feet tall. Oval-triangular 6 inch long leaves. From Tropical Africa. Full sun.
