"Winged Bean" or "Dambala"is a common vegetable in Sri Lanka, native to Pacific and Southeast Asian countries and introduced plant to Sri Lanka as a high nutritional value vegetable. Plants widely cultivated as both commercially and garden crop. It is a climbing vine similar in appearance to vine of Green Bean or long bean. Also has many varieties subspecies, and many hybrids. The plant produce 10-30 cm long square shape pods that are use as a Cooking Vegetable and leaves are use as a mix leaf vegetable.The plant produces tubers remain underground about 2 or 3 years and regrow during the next growing season. Also the tubers and seeds can be used as a Vegetable.
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"Winged Bean"flowering plant with a Pod
| Common Classification | |
|---|---|
| Common Names | Wing Bean, Goa Bean, Princess Bean |
| Scientific Name | Psophocarpus tetragonolobus |
| Sinhalese Name | Dambala |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Family | Fabaceae (Leguminosae) |
| Genus | Psophocarpus |
| Species | P.tetragonolobus |
| Synonym | Dolichos ovatus, Botor tetragonoloba |
| Ecology | |
| Category | Vegetable |
| Growth Habit | Vine |
| Duration | Annual Perennial |
| Status - Native | Introduced |
| Status (Controlling) | Cultivate |
| Propriety | |
| Culinary / Edible | Yes |
| Use as Herb | No |
| Other Use | N/A |
| Poisoned / Toxin | No |
| Identification | |
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.jpg "A variety of Winged Bean. Hybrid with Psophocarpus scandens") | |
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