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:: Peretek kadang - long bean or blackeyed pea
 
:: Peretek kadang - long bean or blackeyed pea
 
:: peretek labing - winged bean or four-angled bean
 
:: peretek labing - winged bean or four-angled bean
:: peretek luar - hyacinth bean
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:: peretek luar - hyacinth bean (See external images [http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/785/896641.JPG] [http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/lablab-purpureus.jpg])
 
:: peretek tanaq - peanut
 
:: peretek tanaq - peanut
  

Revision as of 21:19, 19 January 2008

Peretek Labing
(winged bean or four-angled bean)
Photo by Richard Howard

Common Names

Kelabit - English
Peretek (paratak) - Generic name for green beans
Peretek daker - Okra (or ladies finger)
Peretek jawa/padan - the common bean
Peretek kadang - long bean or blackeyed pea
peretek labing - winged bean or four-angled bean
peretek luar - hyacinth bean (See external images [1] [2])
peretek tanaq - peanut

Encyclopedic Info

These different types of peretek have been recorded in Paq Dalih (1):

(Spellings used in the book have been retained)
  • Paratak benang - Canavalia ensiformis
  • Paratak dakar (daker) - Abelmoschus esculentus
  • Paratak jawa to'o - Phaseolus vulgaris
  • Paratak jawa - Phaseolus vulgaris
  • Paratak kadang - Vigna unguiculata
  • Paratak labing - Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
  • Paratak luar - Lablab purpureus
  • Paratak padan - Phaseolus vulgaris
  • Paratak tana (tanaq) - Arachis hypogaea

References

  1. Ethnobotany of the Iban & Kelabit by Hanne Christensen