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BISH 55381.2Botany

Lablab purpureus

Hyacinth bean

As recorded: Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.; Baker, R.J.; Coulter, J.W.; Fosberg, F.R.; Yuncker, T.G.R.J. Baker →J.W. Coulter →F. Raymond Fosberg →Harold St.John →Truman George Yuncker →
Collector number: 12683
Date: December 27, 1932
Locality: Halawa
Island: Molokaʻi
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.1571, -156.7396 ± 3,301 m
Elevation: 46 m
Identified by: Geesink, R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

104 Bishop specimens of Lablab purpureus · collected 1864–2023Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On December 27, 1932, St.John, H.; Baker, R.J.; Coulter, J.W.; Fosberg, F.R.; Yuncker, T.G. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Lablab purpureus. BISH 55381.2. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956511367. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/55381.2.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956511367 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026