With sudden heavy rains following on from weeks of torrid heat, farmers have taken a beating and the price of vegetables have shot up over the last month as the variety of local produce has dwindled.

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Once upon a time, Margaret and Leon Rooks were walking down a road in their neighborhood when they saw some amazing plants. They loved the size and beauty of the unusual things, like giant green beans ...

Grown for its green pod that is used as a vegetable, or for the pulse that develops inside the pod, a variety of hyacinth beans grow in India. Dolichos lablab and Lablab purpurea are botanical names ...