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The navy bean, haricot bean, pearl haricot bean, [3] Boston bean, [4] white pea bean, [5] or pea bean [6] is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) native to the Americas, where it was first domesticated. [7] It is a dry white bean that is smaller than many other types of white beans, and has an oval, slightly flattened shape. [3]
White seeds are common, but black, red, orange, and variously mottled seeds are also known. The immature seeds are uniformly green. Lima beans typically yield 2,900 to 5,000 kg (6,400 to 11,000 lb) of seed and 3,000 to 8,000 kg (6,600 to 17,600 lb) of biomass per hectare. The seeds of the cultivars listed below are white unless otherwise noted.
Legumes (/ ˈ l ɛ ɡ j uː m, l ə ˈ ɡ j uː m /) are plants in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, but also as livestock forage and silage, and as soil ...
The term is also used for the central area of the head in composites where tubular flowers are attached. Epicalyx – a series of bracts below the calyx. Floral axis – Floral envelope – the perianth [16] Flower – Fruit – a structure containing all the seeds produced by a single flower. Hypanthium –
Seeds and seed pods from wild cowpeas are very small, [22] while cultivated varieties can have pods between 10 and 110 cm (4 and 43 in) long. [24] A pod can contain six to 13 seeds that are usually kidney-shaped, although the seeds become more spherical the more restricted they are within the pod.
A bean is the seed of any plant in the legume family used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. [1] The seeds are often preserved through drying , but fresh beans are also sold. Most beans are traditionally soaked and boiled, but they can be cooked in many different ways, [ 2 ] including frying and baking, and are used in many ...
In Strophanthus, the awn is the beak of the seed, stipe of the coma hairs. axil The upper angle between one part of a plant and another, e.g. the stem and a leaf. axile On an axis; of a placenta, on the central axis of the ovary. axillary Borne in or arising from the axil, usually referring to the axil of a leaf. axis
Grain legumes are cultivated for their seeds, and are also called pulses. The seeds are used for human and animal consumption or for the production of oils for industrial uses. Grain legumes include both herbaceous plants like beans , lentils , lupins , peas and peanuts , [ 67 ] and trees such as carob , mesquite and tamarind .