Peretek

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 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

1. Ethnobotany of the Iban & Kelabit by Hanne Christensen