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Lablab - Lablab purpureus

Lablab (also known as the hyacinth bean in English-speaking countries and dolich in French-speaking countries) is an African species. Its wild relatives can be found in the arid regions of Namibia and other southern and eastern African countries. Lablab is much better known in wet tropical regions than in dry regions like the Sahel, even though it is considered to be a drought tolerant species. Some claim that it is even more drought tolerant than cowpea. Lablab is tolerant to a wide range of soil pH, ranging from 4.5 to 7.5. It can grow in sandy soils and in fine-textured, well drained soils. Lablab responds to improved soil fertility (using manure or fertilizers), but in most cases farmers do not use manure or fertilizers on lablab.

The deep and prolific root system of lablab (in both sandy and clay soils) gives it a major advantage in the semi-arid tropics. The roots can exploit soil moisture to a depth of 2.0 meters and allow lablab to complete a full life cycle without irrigation.

  1. Lablab

    Lablab purpureus is bean capable of growing in a wide range of climatic conditions and soil types,depending upon the variety chosen. It is widely cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics and occurs wild in tropical Africa (including Madagascar) and India. The palatability of lablab...
    Vegetable Legumes Grain Legumes (Pul... Green Manures and ... Pasture and Forage...

  2. Lablab (Lablab purpureus) New Staple Crop for the Sudano Sahel

    Key Resource
    2013-01-20 About 98% of agricultural production in the Sudano Sahelian region of West and Central Africa is based on rainfed crops. With a mean annual rainfall of 300 to 800 mm/year, the number of staple crops is very limited. It includes two grain crops: pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) for sandy soils...
    Lablab Pulses Intercropping Food Security FMNR Forage Crop Nitrogen Fixation Rain-fed Agriculture

  3. Further Support for the Use of Lablab in Dry Areas

    2013-04-20 The article by Dov Pasternak about lablab (in this issue) reminded me of material in ECHO’s files from many years ago. Reimar von Schaaffhausen, working in São Paulo, Brazil, sent articles and letters over the years about the valuable role that lablab (and pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan]) have played...
    Lablab GMCC Intercropping

  4. Comparison of Appropriate Tropical Seed Storage Techniques for Germplasm Conservation in Mountainous Sub-Tropical Climates with Resource Constraints

    Experimental Agriculture Croft, M., Bicksler, A., Manson, J., & Burnette, R. (2013). COMPARISON OF APPROPRIATE TROPICAL SEED STORAGE TECHNIQUES FOR GERMPLASM CONSERVATION IN MOUNTAINOUS SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATES WITH RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. Experimental Agriculture, 49(02), 279-294. Summary...
    Seed Bank Seed Systems Vacuum Sealing

  5. Local Treatments and Vacuum Sealing as Novel Control Strategies for Stored Seed Pests in the Tropics

    Agronomy for Sustainable Development Brian Lawrence, Abram Bicksler, Kimberly Duncan Abstract : Prevention of pests while maintaining viable seed during storage is often challenging for smallholder farmers in the tropics and subtropics. Investment in costly technologies or storage equipment is...
    Bruchids Vacuum Sealing Lablab Stored seed pests Seed Storage Crop Diversity Germplasm

  6. Lablab, An Under-estimated Crop Finds its Niche

    2017-02-08 Dolichos lablab is an under estimated crop which recently is finding its niche Presenter :Wilfred L Mariki is a retired Principal Agricultural Research Officer, from Selian Agricultural Research Institute who pioneered a country program to introduce CA in Tanzania 1999 – 2011, under FAO-UN. He...
    Lablab Dolichos Lablab East Africa

  7. The Use of Green Manure/Cover Crops for Relay Cropping in Northern Thailand

    2011-07-01 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #10 Introduction During the late rainy season, the permanent hill fields that surround a cluster of hilltribe villages in the Chiang Dao district of northern Thailand radiate various hues of green. These verdant fields, belonging to ethnic Lisu, Lahu, Akha,...
    Asia

  8. Potentially Important Food Plants of the Philippines

    2019-03-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of the Philippines. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are...
    Peppers Potato Yam Ube Sweet Potato Kamote Cassava Kamoteng Kahoy Rice Taro Gabi West Indian Arrowroot Snake Bean Cowpea Winged Bean Pigeon Pea Common Bean Lablab Mung Bean Kangkong Bok Choy Chinese Cabbage Sweetfern Vegetable Fern Leaf Mustard Jute Bush Okra Banana Guava Papaya Jackfruit Pomelo Mango Mangosteen Soursop Rambutan Okra eggplant Pumpkin Choko Bitter Cucumber Angled Loofah Horseradish Tree Moringa Bird's Eye Chillies Avocado Coconut Lemon Grass Lima Beans Asia

  9. Potentially Important Food Plants of Bangladesh

    2015-09-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Bangladesh. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are very...
    Sunflowers Comb Fringe Grass Finger Millet Barley Pearl Barley Cassava Taro Niger Seed Sweet Potato Bottle Gourd Pigeon Pea Lablab Horse Gram Mung Bean Chickling Vetch Rice Bean Indian Spinach Spinach Amaranth Wild Amaranth Hibiscus Jute Yellow Wood-sorrel Ivy Gourd Pomelo Pawpaw Papaya Jackfruit Canteloupe Bullock's Heart Bael Fruit Cape Gooseberry Governor's Plum Asian Pennywort Vegetable Kenaf Pumpkin Marrow Bitter Cucumber Beetroot Fat Hen Peanut Horseradish Tree Moringa Tamarind Coastal Almond Foxtail Millet Lotus FPS Jackbean Asia

  10. Khyati

    A bush variety from India. Attractive white flowers and edible pods and beans. Remove any vining plants as variety is not 100% non-vining. Protect plants from insect pests. Green pods and green shelled peas are delicious when cooked with spices.
    Bush