permaculture

[robert waldrop <rmwj@soonernet.com>]

After reading your post, I did another search of the Plants for a Future
database, and this time found

http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Lablab+purpureus

I had tried searching for "purple hyacinth bean" previously but it
brought up nothing under that term.

It says the seed is edible as long as it is thoroughly cooked, it
doesn't mention changing the water.  The leaves and flowers are also
edible, the leaves can be dried for use later, and it has a number of
medicinal uses, among them "anticholesterolemic" which I couldn't find
in several online medical dictionaries I consulted, but I'm guessing it
helps lower your cholesterol?  

Robert Waldrop, OKC
http://www.oklahomafood.org

georg parlow wrote:
>  mature beans of dolichos lablab are a traditional staple pulse, and of
> course are poisonous like mature phaseolus. if you can cook the lablab into
> bean soup, or if you have to discard the cooking water, i dunno.
> 
> cheers
> georg