Peretek
Common Names
- Kelabit - English
- Peretek (paratak) - Generic name for green beans
- Peretek daker - Okra (or ladies finger)
- Peretek padan/jawa - the common bean
- Peretek kadang - long bean or blackeyed pea
- peretek labing - winged bean or four-angled bean
- peretek luar - hyacinth bean
- 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
- Ethnobotany of the Iban & Kelabit by Hanne Christensen