Taxon: Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. vulgaris

See other conspecific taxa:

• Phaseolus vulgaris (13219 accessions)
• Phaseolus vulgaris var. aborigineus (118 accessions)

Common names:

• ñuñas   (Source: Lost Crops of Incas)
  
• chícharo   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• dwarf bean   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• feijão   (Source: Portuguese Dict )
  
• feijoeiro   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• field bean   (Source: Federal Seed Act)
  
• flageolet bean   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• French bean   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• frijol   (Source: Leg WorldEc )
  
• garden bean   (Source: AH 505 )
  
• Gartenbohne   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• green bean   (Source: AH 505 )
  
• habichuela   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• haricot bean   (Source: AH 505 )
  
• haricot commun   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• haricot vert   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• judía común   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• kidney bean   (Source: AH 505 )
  
• navy bean   (Source: AH 505 )
  
• nuña   (Source: van Beem et al.1992)
  
• pop bean   (Source: Gen Res Phaseolus )
  
• popping bean   (Source: CIAT Press Release)
  
• poroto   (Source: B. León, p.c.)
  
• snap bean   (Source: Leg WorldEc )
  
• string bean   (Source: Leg WorldEc )
  
• vainita   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• wax bean   (Source: Leg WorldEc )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: pulse; vegetable   (fide Dict Econ Pl)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Dict Econ Pl; Pl Book)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as P. vulgaris; Herbs Commerce ed2, as P. vulgaris)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  

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View toxicology references for Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• cultivated worldwide

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
• Edições Melhoramentes. 1979. The new Michaelis illustrated dictionary (Novo Michaelis dicionário ilustrado), ed. 22. (Portuguese Dict)
• Freytag, G. F. & D. G. Debouck. 2002. Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in North America, Mexico and Central America. Sida, Bot. Misc. 23:41. [mentions].
• Gepts, P., ed. 1988. Genetic resources of Phaseolus beans. (Gen Res Phaseolus)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• J. van Beem & S. C. Spaeth. 1990. Econ. Bot. 44:133–135.
• J. van Beem et al. 1992. Econ. Bot. 46:164–170.
• León, B. 1995. pers. comm. [re. Spanish common names].
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. (Dict Econ Pl)
• Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. 1989. Lost crops of the Incas (Crops Incas)

Synonyms:

• (=) Phaseolus compressus DC.
  
• (=) Phaseolus compressus var. carneus G. Martens
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Phaseolus compressus var. cervinus G. Martens
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus compressus var. ferrugineus G. Martens
  
• (=) Phaseolus ellipticus var. albus G. Martens
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus ellipticus var. aureolus G. Martens
  
• (=) Phaseolus ellipticus var. helvolus Savi
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus ellipticus var. mesomelos Haberle
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus ellipticus var. pictus Caval.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus ellipticus var. spadiceus G. Martens
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus gonospermus var. oryzoides G. Martens
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus gonospermus var. variegatus Savi
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus oblongus var. albus G. Martens
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus oblongus var. spadiceus Savi
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus oblongus var. zebrinus G. Martens
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus sphaericus var. atropurpureus G. Martens
  
• (=) Phaseolus sphaericus var. minor G. Martens
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus vulgaris var. albus Haberle
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus vulgaris var. nanus G. Martens
  (previously associated with 116 accessions)
• (=) Phaseolus vulgaris var. niger G. Martens
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus vulgaris var. ochraceus Savi
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus vulgaris var. variegatus DC.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Phaseolus zebra var. carneus G. Martens
  
• (=) Phaseolus zebra var. purpurascens G. Martens
  

Check other databases for Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. vulgaris:

• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN nodulation data

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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