atoll research bulletin no. 392 the flora of - Smithsonian Institution ...

to 4 mm long and broad, indehiscent, with only uncinate hairs, the isthmi two-thirds to
three-quarters as broad as the articles; seeds, bean-shaped (reniform). Weed in gardens,
lawns and in shaded ruderal habitats on plateau. Possibly deliberately introduced as a
green manure and cover crop. 3(58708, 58803), 4(126N), 5(148), 6, 7.
Dolichos lablab L. "hyacinth bean", lablab bean", "dolichos", "bovanist bean", "Egyptian
bean", "Indian bean", "bataw or batani bean (Philippines)
syns. D . purpureus L.; Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet; L. niger
Medik. ; L. vulgaris Savi; L. cultratus DC.
Recent introduction. Paleotropics. Rare. Vigorous perennial, glabrous or finely
pubescent twining or scrambling herbaceous vine, from 1.5 to 6 m long or high, all parts
often flushed with purple; leaves, alternate, trifoliate; petioles, 6 to 26 cm long; leaflets,
5 to 15 cm long and nearly as wide, entire, broadly triangular ovate, lateral leaflets
oblique, acute-acuminate, base obtuse, subglabrous or softly ,pubescent, 3-nerved from
base, midrib branched upward, the terminal leaf longer stalked; inflorescences, erect,
terminal and axillary peduncles, 5 to 40 cm long, bearing pseudoracemose clusters of 1
to 5 flowers together at nodes along the peduncle, each about 1.5 cm long, on slender
pedicels up to 1 cm long; bracts and bracteoles, 2 to 5 mm long, caducous; calyx, about
equal in length to the pedicels, 4-lobed, campanulate, bilabiate, the 2 upper lobes joined
into an entire or emarginate lip, the lower lip 3-lobed; petals, small, violet or whitish,
the standard up to 14 mm long and 20 mm across, orbicular, reflexed, auriculate at base,
the wings obliquely obovate, longer than the keels, the keel petals incurved at a right
angle, obtuse with a small convex pocket at base; stamens 10; pod, 6 to 12 cm long by 2
to 4 cm wide, 2-valved, obliquely oblong, flattened, often curved, beaked at tip with
persistent style; seeds, 3 to 6, usually not larger than 15 by 9 by 5 mm, ovoid, slightly
compressed, dark brown, reddish or pale tan or white, often speckled, the hilum linear
with whitish rim-aril. Food plant in Filipino gardens at Location; the young pods and
tender seeds cooked as a vegetable. Said to have been introduced in 1935 and established
by 1936. 5, 6.
Erythrina variegata L. var. variegata "variegated' coral tree"
Recent introduction. Pacific Is. Rare. Differs from E. variegata var. orientalis
(see description below) in having narrower, more leathery leaves, which are mottled or
variegated with light yellow along the midribs and side veins, and larger lighter-colored
flowers in longer erect clusters. Planted ornamental. 3, 5(39), 6, 7.
-- - - _. -
Erythrina variegata var. orientalis (L.) Merr. "coral tree",
yora, yoreh (N)
syns. E. inllica Lam. ; E. corallodendron var. orientalis (L.) Merr.