Banavist bean |
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![](images/en_science_name.jpg) | Dolichos lablab Linn. |
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![](images/en_family_name.jpg) | Leguminosae | |
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![](images/en_common_name.jpg) | Banavist bean, Hyacinth bean, Hyacinth dolichos | |
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![](images/en_another_name.jpg) | Ba paep, Thua nang, Thua laeo (Northern) (Wut Wuthithamwet, 1997, p. 223) | |
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![](images/en_characteristic.jpg) | Wild or cultivated perennial plant of the bean family. Leaves compound with petiole; leaflets 3 broad-ovate, acuminate. Inflorescence of racemes; papilionaceous flowers at each node. Pods look like those of sugar pea, coarse skin, with single row of seeds, white or black variety. (Wut Wuthithamwet, 1997, p. 223) | |
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No information available. Used for food. Lanna people like to make a spicy soup out of it. |
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Pods can aid in boosting energy or to relieve fever and weakness.
Seeds are used to treat fever, eye diseases or as an expectorant. (Wut Wuthithamwet, 1997, p. 223)
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![](images/en_season.jpg) | November-February | |
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Wut Wuthithamwet. (1997). Saranukrom Samunphrai: Ruamlak Phesatchakam Thai. Bangkok: Odean Store (in Thai). |
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