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Winged Bean
Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Legumes: pea and bean family

Winged Bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.

Names

EnglishWinged Bean
DutchVleugelboon
Spanish—
Chinese四棱豆
Scientific namePsophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.

About this species

The winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), also known as cigarillas, Goa bean, four-angled bean, four-cornered bean, manila bean, princess bean, star bean, kamrangi bean, pea, or dragon bean, is a tropical herbaceous legume plant.

Winged bean is widely recognised by consumers and farmers in South Asia and South East Asia for its variety of uses and disease resistance. Winged bean is nutrient-rich and all parts of the plant are edible. The leaves can be eaten like spinach, flowers can be used in salads, tubers can be eaten raw or cooked, and seeds can be used in similar ways as the soybean. The winged bean is an underutilised species but has the potential to become a major multi-use food crop in the tropics of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusPsophocarpus

In Suriname

5Records in Suriname
1965First record
2013Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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