Vegetable Lablab: Chiang Dao
(Lablab purpureus)

A climbing, semi-perennial legume grown for its edible purple pods, leaves, and flowers. Young and old bean seeds are also consumed once cooked (raw dry seed is reportedly poisonous). Usually planted during the rainy season. In Thailand, begins flowering indeterminately in November; green pods harvested from December to March. Lablab is remarkably adaptable, growing in various climates and regions with annual rainfall ranging from 200 to 2,500 mm (8–98 in) and elevations ranging from seal level to 2,133 m (7,000 ft). Vegetable lablab can be grown in many types of soils with the pH varying from 4.4 to 7.8 and ideal temperatures for vegetable lablab production range from 22°to 35°C (72–95°F). Can tolerate light shade.
 

A climbing, semi-perennial legume grown for its edible pods, leaves and flowers. Yields purple pods with black seed.