Lablab Sheem Bean Plant Flowers Fruits Stock Photo

Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food. English language common names include hyacinth bean, lablab-bean bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw and Australian pea. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Lablab.The fruit and beans are edible with boiled well.In India lablab is called ′Surti Papdi′ in Gujarati. In Bangladesh and West Bengal, the green pods along with the beans, known as Sheem, are cooked as vegetables or cooked with fish as a curry.The sheem seeds has iron, calcium, magnesium, maganese, phosphuros, potassium, zinc, vitamin C & folate.