Lablab purpureus

Common names: Black-seeded Dolichos

Genus: Dolichos

Species: Dolichos lablab

Class: Diadelphia

Order: Decandria

Authority: Linnaeus

Modern Genus: Lablab

Modern Species: Lablab purpureus

Modern Family: Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae.

Plant Type: "Is usually considered a stove plant, but is marked by Mr. Donn as a hardy annual."

Season: A Greenhouse "stove plant"

Native Region: "Although considered a native of Egypt, ...was probably introduced from Europe."

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum