indian bean

(noun) tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods. Synonyms: catalpa, Indian bean.

(noun) perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos. Synonyms: hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab.