naturalizedFabaceae
Lablab purpureus
Hyacinth bean
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food. English language common names include hyacinth bean, lablab-bean bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw and Australian pea. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Lablab.
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Seasonality
Only 4 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 27 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 42 · GBIF 44 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kapaka · OʻahuGBIF 6
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mapulehu · MolokaʻiGBIF 4
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimanu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuhaoa · MauiGBIF 2
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1
Hīleanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1
Panaʻewa · MauiiNat 1
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 1