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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

REFERENCES: Borget 1992, Bourke et al. 1987, Brücher 1989, Debouck<br />

1994, Duke 1981, Duke 1986, Guia Rural n.d., Guia Rural 1990,<br />

IBGE 1980, Kaplan and Kaplan 1992, Kay 1979, Leung 1961,<br />

Mabberley 1987, Naranjo 1991, Omawale 1973, OAS 1973, Soukup 1970<br />

Phaseolus polyanthus Greenman. [syn. P. coccineus L. subsp.<br />

darwinianus E. Hernández & S. Miranda]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

PORTUGUESE: feijão<br />

SPANISH: botil, cacha, cache, dzich, m<strong>at</strong><strong>at</strong>ropa, petaco, piligüe,<br />

piloy, piloya, toda la vida<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en green or dried and cooked, young pods<br />

are e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable, and flowers are edible. P. polyanthus<br />

is thought to be <strong>the</strong> least evolved <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> domestic<strong>at</strong>ed Phaseolus<br />

beans and has been considered a synonym <strong>of</strong> P. coccineus by some<br />

authorities.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: uncertain, probably Mesoamerica, perhaps Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Brücher 1989, Debouck 1994, Delgado Salinas 1988,<br />

Hernández Xolocotzi et al. 1959, Kaplan and Kaplan 1992, Schmit<br />

and Debouck 1991<br />

Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Pogg.<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: bean vine, wild bean<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern and sou<strong>the</strong>rn U.S.<br />

REFERENCES: Fernald et al. 1958, Peterson 1977, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Phaseolus ritensis M.E. Jones [syn. P. macul<strong>at</strong>us Mart., P.<br />

metcalfei Wooton & Standley, P. retusus Benth.]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: Metcalfe bean, wild cocolmeca<br />

SPANISH: cocolmeca<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en toasted. The Rarámuri (Tarahumara)<br />

people <strong>of</strong> north-central Mexico add prepared roots as a ‘c<strong>at</strong>alyst’<br />

during <strong>the</strong> prepar<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> tesgüino – a maize (Zea mays) based<br />

alcoholic beverage – to ‘streng<strong>the</strong>n’ <strong>the</strong> beverage.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Arizona and New Mexico and adjacent nor<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico,<br />

generally above 1,500 meters<br />

REFERENCES: Correll and Johnston 1970, Kirk 1970, N<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Seeds/SEARCH 1991, Pennington 1963, Shreve and Wiggins 1964,<br />

Steinkraus 1983<br />

Phaseolus vulgaris L. [includes P. vulgaris var. aborigineus<br />

(Burkart) Baudet [syn. P. vulgaris subsp. aborigineus (Burkart)<br />

Burkart & H. Brücher, P. aborigineus Burkart]]<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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