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Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
Identified By: D.R.Herbst, S.H.Sohmer & W.L.Wagner, 1985,
Location: Polynesia; USA; Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Waimanalo, near Shriners' property
Collector(s): M.C.Neal (Coll.#: s.n.) Date: 17.xi.1939
Remarks: When ripe, pods are shelled, beans cooked, slipped from jackets, mashed, and eaten from the hand. (Mrs. Pukui) Sheet 1 of 2. BISH 683813.
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