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
English: hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
Bahasa: kara, kacang kara
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