Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
REFERENCES: Accorsi et al. n.d., Bailey Hortorium 1976, Facciola
1990, IBGE 1980, Kermath (notes), Mabberley 1968, Martin et al.
1987
Phaseolus acutifolius var. latifolius G. Freeman
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
ENGLISH: moth bean, pawi, tepary bean, Texan bean
SPANISH: escomite, escumite, frijol de colima, frijol piñuelero,
frijol trigo, garbacillo bolando, papavi, tépari, todasaguas,
xmayum
USES/NOTES: Seeds of this drought- and disease-resistant legume are
edible and highly nutritious. Once commonly cultivated in the
arid southwestern U.S., the tepary was largely replaced with the
common bean (P. vulgaris), though attempts to revive it are
underway.
NATURAL RANGE: North-central Mexico, perhaps to the southwestern
U.S. and Central America
REFERENCES: Albala 2007, Brouk 1975, Brücher 1989, Coe 1994,
Debouck 1994, Duke 1981, Facciola 1990, Kaplan and Kaplan 1992,
Kay 1979, Kermath (notes), Pratt and Nabhan 1988, Nabhan 1987,
Nabhan and Felger 1978, Nabhan and Teiwes 1983
Phaseolus coccineus L. [syn. P. multiflorus Willd.]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
ENGLISH: butter bean, caseknife bean, multiflora bean, perennial
bean, red-flowered runner bean, red-flowered vegetable bean,
runner bean, scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, seven-year bean
PORTUGUESE: feijão-da-Espanha, feijão-de-trepar, feijão-trepador
SPANISH: ayacote, ayecote, ayocote, botil, botol, caraota florida,
chamborote, chiapas, chilipuca, chomborote, cubá, frijol ayocote,
frijol chamborote, icaraota, ixcumite, judía de España, judía
encarnada, judía escarlata, judía pinta, patol
USES/NOTES: Seeds are eaten green or dried and cooked, tubers are
eaten boiled in places where growing conditions permit tuber
development, young pods are eaten as a vegetable, and flowers are
edible. Also grown as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers and
dark green foliage.
NATURAL RANGE: Mexico, probably first cultivated in northeastern
Mexico 2,200 years ago, perhaps into northern Central America,
now widespread
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Brücher
1989, Creasy 1990, Debouck 1994, Delgado Salinas 1988, Duke 1981,
Hernández Xolocotzi et al. 1959, Kaplan and Kaplan 1992, Kay
1979, Leung 1961, Martin 1984a, Piper 1926, Schmit and Debouck
1991
Phaseolus filiformis Benth.
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