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Phaseolus coccineus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Scarlet Runner Bean
• Dutch Case-knife Bean
• He bao dou (Pinyin)
• Cubá (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Volcanic crater.

Flowering Times

• Summer Aug

Fruiting Times

• Summer-Autumn

Herbaceous hairy perennial twiner with racemes of 30mm scarlet flowers, sometimes white, fruit to 300mm long x 15mm, brown hairy torulose scabrous pod

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Rubatzky 1997
• FONZ
• FOC
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• ILDIS
• Standley