Urashi (Assamese: উৰহী)

Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Lablab purpureus

 

LAB-lab -- aboriginal name

pur-PUR-ee-us -- purple

 

commonly known as: bonavista bean, dolichos bean, Egyptian kidney bean, field bean, hyacinth bean, lablab bean, pendal bean, pole bean, poor man's bean, waby bean • Assamese: উৰহী urashi • Bengali: শিম sheem • Gujarati: વાલ vaal • Hindi: सेम sem • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪರದವರೆ capparadavare • Malayalam: അമര amara • Manipuri: হৱাঈ উৰী hawai uri • Marathi: घेवडा ghevada, वारवा varava • Mizo: bepui • Oriya: semi • Prakrit: सिम्वा simba • Sanskrit: अङ्गुलिफला anguliphala, शिम्बा shimba • Tamil: சிவப்பவரை civappavarai, காட்டுமொச்சை kattu-moccai, பாலவரை pal-avarai, வெள்ளவரை vel-l-avarai • Telugu: చిక్కుడు chikkudu • Urdu: سيم sem

 

Native to: Africa; cultivated pan-tropically

 

 

References: Flowers of India • ENVIS - FRLHT • Tropical Forages • lablablab • DDSA

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