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The kidney bean is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) named for its resemblance to a human kidney. Kidney beans, boiled Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Phaseolus vulgaris, the common bean, [3] is a herbaceous annual plant grown worldwide for its edible dry seeds or green, unripe pods. Its leaf is also occasionally used as a vegetable and the straw as fodder .
The generic name Phaseolus was introduced by Linnaeus in 1753, [7] from the Latin phaseolus, a diminutive of phasēlus, in turn borrowed from Greek φάσηλος / phasēlos of unknown origin. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Ancient Greeks probably referred to any bean in a pod as phasēlos , [ 10 ] which at the time, in Europe, were only of Asian origin.
The flageolet bean is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) originating from France. The flageolet is picked before full maturity and dried in the shade to retain its green color. The bean is small, light green, and kidney-shaped. The texture is firm and creamy when shelled and cooked. The flageolet bean is grown in California. [3]
The word 'bean', for the Old World vegetable, existed in Old English, [3] long before the New World genus Phaseolus was known in Europe. With the Columbian exchange of domestic plants between Europe and the Americas, use of the word was extended to pod-borne seeds of Phaseolus, such as the common bean and the runner bean, and the related genus Vigna.
Beans. Pinto, kidney and black beans are excellent sources of B vitamins, specifically the neuro-protectors folate and B6, says London. Folate is especially important because it's responsible for ...
The pinto bean (/ ˈ p ɪ n t oʊ /) is a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).In Spanish they are called frijoles pintos.It is the most popular bean by crop production in Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States, [3] [4] and is most often eaten whole (sometimes in broth), or mashed and then refried.
It is found in the highest concentrations in uncooked red kidney beans and white kidney beans (also known as cannellini), [3] and it is also found in lower quantities in many other types of green beans and other common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), as well as broad beans such as fava beans. [4]