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A lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), also commonly known as butter bean, [2] sieva bean, [3] double bean [4] [5] or Madagascar bean, is a legume grown for its edible seeds or beans. Origin and uses [ edit ]
Phaseolus coccineus, known as runner bean, [2] scarlet runner bean, [2] or multiflora bean, [2] is a plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. Another common name is butter bean, [3] [4] [5] which, however, can also refer to the lima bean, a different species. It is grown both as a food plant and an ornamental plant.
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.
But beans labeled butter beans are no more or less tasty than beans labeled Lima beans. Both can be made to be delicious, and both can be ruined with poor cooking, not enough (or too much ...
Witchel's dense bean salads usually contain some combination of chickpeas, cannellini beans, lima beans or edamame. Other types of legumes include black beans, pinto beans, lentils, peas and peanuts.
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)
Common beans can be used as shell beans, but the term also refers to other species of beans whose pods are not typically eaten, such as lima beans, soybeans, peas, and fava beans. Fresh shell beans are nutritionally similar to dry beans but are prepared more like vegetables, often steamed, fried, or made into soups.
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.