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Macroptilium atropurpureum, commonly referred to as purple bush-bean, [2] or siratro is a perennial legume recognized by its climbing, dense, green vines and deep purple flowers. [3] The plant is indigenous to the tropical and subtropical regions of North, Central, and South America, as far north as Texas in the USA and as far south as Peru and ...
beans beginning to fill out 1 Main pod development period 2. 76: 60% of pods have reached typical length 1: 77: 70% of pods have reached typical length, pods still break cleanly 1: 78: 80% of pods have reached typical length 1: 79: Pods: individual beans easily visible 1: 8: Ripening of fruit and seed: 81: 10% of pods ripe (beans hard)1. Seeds ...
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 .
Solanum torvum is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant The plant is usually 2 or 3 m in height and 2 cm in basal diameter, but may reach 5m in height and 8 cm in basal diameter. The shrub usually has a single stem at ground level, but it may branch on the lower stem. The stem bark is gray and nearly smooth with raised lenticels.
Lablab purpureus, illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804). Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae.It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food.
This plant prefers moist soils of ditches and frequently-inundated meadows, as well as depressions and the open edges of lakes, ponds and streams. The seeds are poisonous, containing the toxin sesbanimide. Animals raised with the plant learn to avoid it because of the foul taste of the green and flowering plants.
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.
Castanospermum is a monotypic genus in the legume family Fabaceae.The sole species is Castanospermum australe, commonly known as Moreton Bay chestnut or black bean, [1] [6] [7] which is native to rainforested areas on the east coast of Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, and to the southwest Pacific islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia [3] [8]