Meaning : Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
Synonyms : catalpa
Meaning : 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 : bonavist, dolichos lablab, egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, lablab purpureus
Indian bean meaning in Bengali (Bangla).