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Phaseolus
coccineus
L.
Published In:
Species Plantarum 2: 724. 1753. (1 May 1753) (
Sp. Pl.
)
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 11/2/2016)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 7/17/2018)
GROWTH: Lifespan:
Annual, Perennial
Life form:
Herbaceous, Shrub
Sexual reproduction:
Outcrossing, Selfing (cleistogamous)
Plant-human relationship:
Cultivated
Human edible:
Below ground structures, Flowers, Fruits, Leaves, Seeds
Details: Economic use:
Cooked dried seeds and young fruits widely eaten. Flowers, leaves and tubers eaten (Facciola 1998). Seeds and fruits used for food by Iroquois. (Moerman 1998)
TOXICITY: Toxicity:
Animal
Toxic parts:
Seeds
Details: Toxicity:
Among several species of Phaseolus whose cooked seeds are edible but for which animal consumption of raw seeds in quantity is reported to have detrimental effects (Wagstaff 2008).
References:
Moerman, D. E. 1998. Native American Ethnobotany Timber Press, Portland.
Roskov, J. L. Zarucchi, F.A. Bisby & Novoselova. (eds.) 2014. ILDIS World Database of Legumes (version 12, May 2014).
Wagstaff. 2008. Int. Poisonous Pl. Checkl. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Facciola. 1998. Cornucopia II Kampong Publications, Vista, CA.
Singh, Singh Bisht & Dutta. 2014. Broadening the Genetic Base of Grain Legumes.
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