Phaseolus
Phaseolus (bean, wild bean) is a genus of herbaceous to woody annual and perennial vines in the family Fabaceae containing about 70 plant species, all native to the Americas, primarily Mesoamerica.
It is one of the most economically important legume genera. Five of the species have been domesticated since pre-Columbian times for their beans: P. acutifolius (tepary bean), P. coccineus (runner bean), P. dumosus (year bean), P. lunatus (lima bean), and P. vulgaris (common bean). Most prominent among these is the common bean, P. vulgaris, which today is cultivated worldwide in tropical, semitropical, and temperate climates.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Aromatics and Simple Medicines of the Indies
Garcia de Orta (trans. Clusius) · 1567 · p.81
History of Aromatics and Simple Medicines of the Indies
Garcia de Orta (trans. Clusius) · 1567 · p.80
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.93
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.276
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.91
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.273
Rare Asiatic Plants, Vol. 1
Nathaniel Wallich · 1830 · p.25
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.539
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.218
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.263
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.683
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.275
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