Indian Bean (Lablab Purpureus) seeds

Indian Bean (Lablab Purpureus), Mochakka, Hyacinth Beans, Dolichos, Lablab Beans, Rongai Bean, Fuji Mame, Butter Beans

10 seeds for $6.50 ( brown seeded). It is a vine variety.
Prolific cropping, awesome flowers, tastes great and easy to grow.

This is the softer shelled “Alba” variety.

Its also known by a multitude of names such as Old man beans, Poor mans beans, Hyacinth beans, Dolichos, Lablab beans, Rongai bean, Fuji mame, Butter Beans or even Bouanavista pea.

It has a huge nutritional component with about 30% Protein and high levels of Vitamins A, B, C, Potassium, Phosphorus, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium along with a heap of trace elements.

The plants themselves have been cultivated for thousands of years and are quite delicious when harvested young, and as they are constantly producing new flowers and tender beans its super easy to just wander down and pick a bountiful harvest. They can be stirfried, steamed, boiled.

They are a very nutritious staple in many regions of the world even today.

They can be grown up a fence or trellis or even be grown it a small pot on an apartment balcony.