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Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobusAlso called Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Winged bean is a vegetable with a fibrous texture. Cooks use its pods and seeds; it can be eaten raw and is also sold dried.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Vegetables
Part used
Pod, seed
Family
Fabaceae
Texture
Fibrous
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Thailand
Winged bean, whole

Photo: Anna Frodesiak · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use winged bean

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Raw

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Fibrous

Shopping

Choosing and storing winged bean

Choosing a good one

Choose tender pods under 2.5 cm long.

Sold as
Dried

Nutrition

What 100 g of winged bean holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 57%Fat 7%Carbohydrate 36%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of winged bean, raw
Energy49 kcal · 205 kJ
Protein7 g
Fat0.87 g
of which saturated0.24 g
Carbohydrate4.3 g
Sodium4 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of winged bean, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium223 mg
Calcium84 mg
Iron1.5 mg
Magnesium34 mg
Zinc0.39 mg
Vitamin C18 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)405 µg
Folate66 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 170476, 170478), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with winged bean

1 of the 2 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Wing Bean Salad

    Thailand

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include winged bean.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: winged bean in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What winged bean is called

Names in 56 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • French

    Haricot ailé · Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Italian

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus · fagiolo della Birmania · fagiolo alato

  • Portuguese

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • German

    Goabohne · Psophocarpus tetragonolobus · Flügelbohne

  • Dutch

    Vleugelboon · Goaboon · Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Russian

    Крылатые бобы · Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Polish

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Arabic

    فاصولياء مجنحة

  • Bangla

    কামরাঙা শিম

  • Tamil

    சதுர அவரை · கோவா அவரை · ஐவிரலி அவரை · இறகு அவரை

  • Chinese

    四棱豆 · 四角豆 · 四稜豆

Show all 56 languages

  • Achinese

    Reuteuek ngom

  • Albanian

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Aragonese

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Asturian

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Balinese

    Kelongkang

  • Banjar

    Kacang balimbing

  • Basque

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Bikol

    Paropagulong

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Bulgarian

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Burmese

    ပဲစောင်းလျားပင်

  • Catalan

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Cebuano

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Esperanto

    Flugilfabo

  • Extremaduran

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Filipino

    Sigarilyas

  • Finnish

    siipipapu

  • Galician

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Ido

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Iloko

    pallang · Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Indonesian

    Kecipir · Psophocarpus tetragonolobus · Kacang botol

  • Interlingua

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Interlingue

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Irish

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Japanese

    シカクマメ · 四角豆

  • Javanese

    Kecipir · Cipir · Kecipir Penghasil Protein lan Karbohidrat

  • kge

    Palisa

  • Korean

    날개콩

  • Latin

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Madurese

    Kacèpèr

  • Malay

    Pokok Kacang Botor · Pokok Kacang kelisa · Kacang botor · Kacang kelisa

  • Malayalam

    ചതുരപ്പയർ · ഇറച്ചിപ്പയർ · ചതുര പയർ · Winged bean

  • Nias

    Gaele-gaele

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    goabønne

  • Occitan

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Romanian

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Shan

    ထူဝ်ႇပူင် · တူၼ်ႈထူဝ်ႇပူင်

  • Simplified Chinese

    四棱豆

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    四棱豆

  • Sundanese

    Jaat

  • Swedish

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • szy

    badas

  • Thai

    ถั่วพู · ถั่วพลู

  • Traditional Chinese

    四棱豆

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    四棱豆

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    翼豆

  • Ukrainian

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus · крилата квасоля · гірська квасоля

  • Vietnamese

    Đậu rồng · Đậu khế · Đậu cánh · Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Volapük

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

  • Waray

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q1468260

Photos

Photo: Anna Frodesiak · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons