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Green beans are known by many common names, including French beans, [4] string beans (although most modern varieties are "stringless"), [4] and snap beans [4] or simply "snaps." [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In the Philippines, they are also known as "Baguio beans" or " habichuelas " to distinguish them from yardlong beans .
The flowers give way to pods 8–20 cm (3–8 in) long and 1–1.5 cm wide. These may be green, yellow, black, or purple, each containing 4–8 beans. Some varieties develop a string along the pod; these are generally cultivated for dry beans, as green stringy beans are not commercially desirable.
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.
The beans discussed above are all snap or string beans and eaten while still in the pod. Shelling beans are beans removed from the pod. They must be thoroughly cooked. If uncooked, these beans can ...
Dry beans (FAOSTAT code 0176, Phaseolus spp. including several species now in Vigna) Kidney bean, navy bean, pinto bean, black turtle bean, haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Lima bean, butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus) Adzuki bean, azuki bean (Vigna angularis) Mung bean, golden gram, green gram (Vigna radiata) Black gram, urad (Vigna mungo)
Assuming one pound of green beans contains 35 to 40 pieces and yields about 3 cups of chopped beans, you’ll need about one pound for a party of three, assuming you’re making roasted, steamed ...
It is a dry white bean that is smaller than many other types of white beans, and has an oval, slightly flattened shape. [3] It features in such dishes as baked beans, [3] various soups such as Senate bean soup, [8] and bean pies. The plants [4] that produce navy beans may be either of the bush type or vining type, depending on the cultivar. [9]
Vigna is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. [2] It includes some well-known cultivated species, including many types of beans.