Hyacinth Bean (Dolichos lablab)

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Kelzer Jun 05, 2003

I started these from seeds just 2 weeks ago.

Common name: Hyacinth Bean
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dolichos
Species lablab

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/890/

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grakay Palm Coast, FL(Zone 9a) Jun 06, 2003

Hyacinth Bean Vine has to be the fastest seed going!
I started mine on the 1st of May, and they are beginning to bloom already! I treat it as an annual, but it kept re-seeding itself back in Virginia, so we shall see what it does here in Florida!
Makes a wonderful privacy fence, not to mention its showy flowers and seed pods! One of my many favorites!!

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tcfromky Mercer, PA(Zone 5a) Jun 07, 2003

Shore wish mine would germinate that quick! Not in this zone though! I started these the first of last month.

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Bookie28472 Chadbourn, NC Jun 18, 2007

I just read on your site that the seeds are poison. However I have a printout that says the beans are edible and are widely grown for this purpose in India and Africa, hence the aka Indian Bean or Egyptian Bean. How do I find out for sure before I try eating them?

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tcfromky Mercer, PA(Zone 5a) Jun 24, 2007

"I just read on your site that the seeds are poison."

Who's site?

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Bookie28472 Chadbourn, NC Jul 12, 2007

The site is the Dave's Garden site when I pulled up information on cultivation for the hyacinth beans. Mine seeds are up and have several sets of leaves now. I'm still wondering about their being poison :-).

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