Lablab PURPUREUS (L.) Sweet.
| Synonym : | Dolichos lablab L. Dolichos benghalensis Jacq. Dolichos purpureus L. Lablab vulgaris (L.) Savi Vigna aristata Piper |
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| Bangla Name : | Shim, Ushi, Urushi, Soi (Chittagong). |
| English Name : | Bean, Country Bean. |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Laxative,diuretic,galactagogue,febrifuge,stomachic,tonic,antispasmodic,aphrodisiac, inflammations, emmenagogue,alexipharmac,colicand and ringworms. |
| Description : | A large twiner. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets 5-15 cm long, ovate, acute, base cuneate or deltoid. Flowers white or pink, fascicled on nodes of lax racemes, 15-23 cm long. Pods 3.8-5 cm long, compressed, tipped with the hooked persistent base of the style. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout Bangladesh as a vegetable crop. |
| Chemical Constituents : | In addition to starch, beans contain proteins and amino acids as principal chemical constituents. Leaves and fruits contain sterols (including cholsetorol and its derivatives), fatty acids, palmitic, palmitoleic, linoleic and linolenic acids. A pyridine a |
| Uses : | Seeds are considered laxative, diuretic, galactagogue, febrifuge, stomachic, tonic, antispasmodic and aphrodisiac, useful in inflammations. Leaves are emmenagogue and reputed alexipharmac, given in colic. Fresh leaves pounded and mixed with lime are rubbe |
| Habit : | Climber |