Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Introduced) – eFlora of India

May 6, 2012
Psophocarpus

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC. (Syn: Botor tetragonoloba (L.) Kuntze; Botor tetragonolobus (L.) Kuntze; Dolichos ovatus Graham; Dolichos tetragonolobus L.);

India (I); Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Bihar ; Delhi; Goa; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh; Karnataka ; Maharashtra ; Manipur; Meghalaya; Mizoram; Nagaland ; Orissa; Punjab ; Rajasthan; Sikkim; Tamil Nadu; Tripura; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal and other countries as per ILDIS;

image & identification by Aarti S. Khale

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Winged bean : Psophocarpus tetragonolobus : Mumbai : AK:

Picture taken during the “Flower Show’ at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai in Feb,12.

Today while searching the net found its name.

Did not find any earlier posts on this, only … reference of its name.

Used as a vegetable.

Picture taken on the 25th of Feb.

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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)

There is only one photo of Psophocarpus tetragonolobus on efloraofindia site.

I am attaching few more photos of the same species. If it is useful you may add these photos, especially of the flower.

These photographs are taken at private farm at Ghodegaon. 19° 2′ 3.29” N 73° 50′ 0.04” E. Altitude 693.3

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-2985?ref=tpl1

http://www.legumes-online.net/ildis/aweb/td009/td_01872.htm

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