Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, DC. Goa Bean. Root large, annual: sts. weak, wide-twining, glabrous: lfts. entire, ovate, acute, 3-6x2-6 in.: racemes lax, few-fld.; pedicels elongated: fls. large, light blue; calyx glabrous, lateral teeth oblong, lowest shorter and deltoid: pod 6-9 x 1 in., the wings 1/8-1/4 in. broad, usually much crisped and toothed. India.—Also grown in tropical and subtropical regions for the young tubers which are eaten raw or cooked, and for the young pods which.are an excellent vegetable. CH
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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