Hyacinth Beans
From Beancyclopedia
- Scientific name: Lablab purpureus
- Also called: Egyptian beans, Indian beans
- Plant type: vine
- Native to: Africa
- Parts eaten: flowers, leaves (cooked), young pods and seeds (cooked), seeds (sprouted), roots (cooked). Seeds poisonous unless cooked, and apparently leaves need to be cooked in a change of water.