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Phaseolus vulgaris
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Phaseolus vulgaris L., Sp. Pl. 723. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 200. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 363(256). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Beans
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
French bean
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Description:
Annual herbs, erect and bushy, 20-60 cm high, or twining with 2-3 m long stems. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate; leaflets 6-15 x 3-11 cm, ovate, acute to acuminate at apex, green or purple, stipulate; petiole to 10 cm long, with a marked pulvinus at base. Inflorescens lax, axillary few-flowered racemes; flowers ca. 1 cm long, variegated, white, pink, or purplish. Pods slender, green, or purple, cylindrical or flat, 8-20 x 1-1.5 cm; seeds 4-6-(12), white, red, tan, purple, grey or black, often variegated.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Central America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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