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¿ ky-uh-mus-OP-sis ? — from the Greek kyamos (bean) and opsis (resembling)
tet-ra-gon-uh-LOW-bus — four-angled lobes
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Commonly known as: Calcutta lucerne, cluster bean, guar, guar bean, gum bean, Siam bean • Bengali: ঝার শিম jhar sim • Gujarati: ગવાર gavar, ગુવાર guvar • Hindi: गवार gawar, गुवार guwar, गुआर guaar, गोआर goaar • Kannada: ಗೋರಿ ಕಾಯಿ gori kaayi • Konkani: मिडकीसांग midkisaang • Malayalam: kothavara • Marathi: बावची bavachi, चिटकी citaki, गवार gavar, गवारी gavari, गोवारी govari • Oriya: guanra chhuim, shimba • Punjabi: ਕੌਡ਼ਾ ਕਸੈਲਾ kaura kasaila, ਫਲੀ ਗੁਆਰ phali guar, ਸਫੈਦ ਮੋਠ safaid moth • Sanskrit: बाकुची bakuchi, दृढबिज dridhabija, गोरक्षफलिनी gorakshaphalini, क्षुद्रशिम्बी kshudrashimbi, वक्रशिम्बी vakrashimbi • Tamil: கொத்தவரை kottavarai • Telugu: గోరుచిక్కుడుకాయ goru-chikkudu-kaya
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Distribution: widely cultivated
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Flora of Panipat: Cyamopsis tetragonolobus from a kitchen Garden Panipat haryana: 9 images.
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus
From a kitchen garden Panipat
Approx 4 feet high herb. Pods used as vegetables

An important vegetable for Rajasthan Gujarat and other western states…
And Guar gum is very popular as thickening agent in cooked packed food industry and ice cream industree esp where caragenean may not be allowed
only problem is it has a lectin that does not suit blood group B gut epithelium and red cells especially…

Is this the same that we call in marathi as “Dinka” and make laddoos which are supposed to be very nutritious.
Also you have mentioned that only problem is it has a lectin that does not suit blood group B gut epithelium and red cells especially…

As I am a cytologist would like to know more about this if you have some info



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¿ ky-uh-mus-OP-sis ? — from the Greek kyamos (bean) and opsis (resembling)
tet-ra-gon-uh-LOW-bus — four-angled lobes
May 29, 2010 … Rajguru Nagar, near Pune
commonly known as: Calcutta lucerne, cluster bean, guar, guar bean, gum bean, Siam bean • Bengali: ঝার শিম jhar sim • Gujarati: ગવાર gavar, ગુવાર guvar • Hindi: गवार gawar, गुवार guwar, गुआर guaar, गोआर goaar • Kannada: ಗೋರಿ ಕಾಯಿ gori kaayi • Konkani: मिडकीसांग midkisaang • Malayalam: kothavara • Marathi: बावची bavachi, चिटकी citaki, गवार gavar, गवारी gavari, गोवारी govari • Oriya: guanra chhuim, shimba • Punjabi: ਕੌਡ਼ਾ ਕਸੈਲਾ kaura kasaila, ਫਲੀ ਗੁਆਰ phali guar, ਸਫੈਦ ਮੋਠ safaid moth • Sanskrit: बाकुची bakuchi, दृढबिज dridhabija, गोरक्षफलिनी gorakshaphalini, क्षुद्रशिम्बी kshudrashimbi, वक्रशिम्बी vakrashimbi • Tamil: கொத்தவரை kottavarai • Telugu: గోరుచిక్కుడుకాయ goru-chikkudu-kaya
Distribution: widely cultivated
some views: May 29, 2010 … Rajguru Nagar, near Pune

Simply beautiful Catch … this crop is also grown in our area also now. Introduced by labourers from Eastern UP and Bihar. Not so Popular in locals here


Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Another genus of Faboideae. The only species from the genus reported in BSI Mah.flora
Our vegetable Gawar गवार



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Cyamopsis tetragonoloba from Panipat:
This one is Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. captured from a kitchen garden in Panipat. Popular vegetable known as Guar.



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Plant for Id -ID08022015SH2 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)

Plant for Id pl
Location – Vasai (Maharashtra).
Date- 15.12.2013

Habitat –Wild


Cyamopsis tetragonoloba in my opinion..



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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba :: Rajgurunagar :: DVOCT44 : 1 post by 1 author. 5 images.
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.
at Rajgurunagar, Pune on May 29, 2010



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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba :: Panipat :: NS OCT 31/31 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
This is a cultivated species.. Pics recorded from Panipat..
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba


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Flower for Id – ID02012022SH1 Gaur Bean ?: 1 very high res. image.

Flower for Id pl. Is this Gaur bean flowers ?
Location – Vasai (Maharashtra)
Date – November 2021

Please check Fabaceae !


Yes. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. [Fabaceae].


Yes. It is.
Commonly known as cluster bean it’s name in Kannada: ಗೋರಿ ಕಾಯಿ  gori kaayi. Fruits used as vegetable rich in Iron. It is also a backyard plant in many home gardens.



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