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Save me some time - Ornamental Fabaceae
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:06 pm
by MWP admin
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:01 pm
by xilpa
regards
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:22 pm
by jackpot
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).
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:07 pm
by IL-PINE
I saw some similar fruits somewhere, can't remember where
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:29 am
by MWP admin
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:20 pm
by MWP admin
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
