Talk:Winged bean

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In some places this is described as an "asparagus pea", but it looks very different to the asparagus peas I am growing. The ones I grow have red flowers and many smaller leaves, but the seedpods look similar. They are probably Tetragonolobus purpurea, but some web pages say Lotus tetragonolobus, and others say it is the same as Psophocarpus tetragonolobus even though it looks completely different. Anyone know what is going on here?4hodmt 21:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Malaysian English

I heard the term "four angle bean" growing up in Malaysia. Anyone else can confirm this ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.164.182.8 (talk) 17:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vietnamese cuisine

Is this what is called "dragon bean" in Vietnamese cuisine? Badagnani 04:32, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Addition

Winged beans against melanoma ? That sounds completely to off one´s trolley. But winged beans roots and shoots are one of the best sources of betulinic acid.James A.Duke has written an exciting letter at www.townsendletter.com , a plea for Food Farmacy (August/September 2007).

Betulinic acid is one of the most promising plant derived chemicals against melanoma.But why isolate the Betulinic acid, why not growing the winged beans roots and shoots in our own gardens ? Melanoma is a killer disease. But the plants give more than chemicals, they boost the immune system by giving us a right cocktail of usefull "chemicals" to fight and beat cancer.

This doesn't really sound encyclopedic, I mean the way it's worded. Perhaps with the proper wording there might be something here worth a mention. --DanielCD 19:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)