hyacinth bean

Noun

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bonavist , Indian bean , Egyptian bean , Lablab purpureus , Dolichos lablab