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Lablab
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<p><i>Lablab purpureus</i> is a species of <a href="/facts/Bean/LPqkC1qW">bean</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Fabaceae/uxuHNdAr">Fabaceae</a>. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and it is cultivated throughout the <a href="/facts/Tropics/Iv1es8Ih">tropics</a> for food. <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English language</a> common names include hyacinth bean, lablab-bean bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim or sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw and Australian pea. <i>Lablab</i> is a <a href="/facts/Monotypic_taxon/QvoM9aGP">monotypic genus</a>. </p>