I didnīt know that lab lab was African. That
explains why it is used only locally and not comercially. There are
several vegetables ( very good ones!) which circulate from neighbor to neighbor
but never appear in the seed shops. They are all African in origin ( Bahia
was a slave state until the beginning of this century, and has a strong African
tradition..)
This lab lab is white. Lab lab alba???
Speculating...
Marsha
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 5:01
PM
Subject: Re: Lab-Lab
At 05:35 PM 10/27/00 -0200, you wrote:
Hello Mike!
When I planted soybeans, I
lived in a tropical mountain region, near the Tropic of Capricorn
but at 1,000m. altitude. Summers were quite hot, but we had three
or four frosts in winter.
The lab lab which is used here is
local, and I confess that I donīt know its Scientific name-- it is not
sold in the stores but only traded through neighbors.
.
Marsha
Scientific name is Lablab purpureus, also
Lablab niger both edible and native of tropical Africa. There are a lot
of cultivars.
Scott
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