Save me some time - Ornamental Fabaceae

Post by **MWP admin** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:06 pm

I met this Fabaceae (Pea Family) plant 2 or 3 times so far and is a kind of Pisum whith broad leaves, large legumes, and nice pink-purple flowers, also pretty large. It has a climbing habit and I have seen it over walls.

Maybe some of you is familiar with it already and so save me some time researching.

xilpa · Post by **xilpa** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:01 pm

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h ... 80&bih=619

Could it be this ?

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:22 pm

Hi, it is possibly Lablab purpureus (English: Hyacinth Bean, Lablab Bean, or Poor Man's Bean) called in Maltese: L-lablab! It is a vegetable, and also grown for ornament, sometimes at home walls (e.g. Luqa).

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:07 pm

I saw some similar fruits somewhere, can't remember where

Post by **MWP admin** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:29 am

Thanks very much - I have seen it at M'Forn and road to Hondoq ir-Rummien. Not very frequent and infact missed its place in Weber's book about ornamental plants.

Post by **MWP admin** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:20 pm

Although the epithet purpurea, the species can have white flowers as the specimens I found in Qala, Gozo.

Confirmed here:
http://luirig.altervista.org/cpm/albums ... pureus.jpg

Best regards
MWP