Lablab (Dolichos lablab) is an annual legume grown for livestock fodder or as a green manure cover crop.
“Lablab is an extremely valuable protein source for human and animal feed,” note Grain SA's Dr Hendrik Smith in ‘Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems’. It improves soil fertility through nitrogen fixation, thanks to the symbiotic relationship between the plant and soil rhizobium bacteria.