Winged Bean - Local Names

Local Names

South-East Asia:

  • Burmese: ပဲစောင်းလျား /pe: zaun: ja:/ or /pé záʊ̃ yá/
  • Indonesian: kacang belimbing, kacang botor, kecipir
  • Khmer: ប្រពាយ /prɑpiey/
  • Lao: ຖົ່ວພູ /tʰūaː pʰúː/ (literally "mountain bean")
  • Malay: Kacang botol
  • Sundanese: Jaat
  • Tagalog: Sigarillas
  • Thai: ถั่วพู /ˈtʰùa ˈpʰuu/ (literally "mountain bean")
  • Vietnamese: đậu rồng (literally "dragon bean")

South Asia:

  • Malayalam: Chathura Payar ചതുരപ്പയർ
  • Sinhala: දඹල -Dambala
  • Tamil: sirahu avarai

Japan:

  • Ryukyuan: うりずん Urizun (literally "the season of fresh green")
  • Japanese: 四角豆 Shikaku-mame (literally "square bean")

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