Kidney bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

  • Kidney bean
  • Kidney bean
  • Kidney bean
  • Kidney bean
  • Kidney bean
  • Kidney bean
  • Flower name
    Kidney bean
  • Scientific name
    Phaseolus vulgaris
  • Aliasサンドマメ, Phaseolus vulgaris, 隠元豆, 三度豆, Common bean, kidney bean, サヤインゲン, 莢隠元, キントキマメ, 金時豆
  • Place of originLatin America
  • Place of floweringField
  • Flowering seasonJune, July

What is Kidney bean

Kidney bean or Common bean (scientific name: Phaseolus vulgaris) is native to Latin America and is a vegetable of an annual grass vegetable of the family Fabaceae In the summer, the inflorescence is extended from the leaf order, and 2 or 3 of 5 butterfly shaped flowers of butterfly shape peculiar to the legume are bloomed. Flower color has white, peach, yellow. The green young sheath (summer bean) that is produced in the summer can be boiled and eaten. In addition, the beans (seeds) which are matured and dried in the field are used for stewed dishes, bamboo bean paste, goodya, red rice and the like. The major production place in Japan is Hokkaido. Lectins contained in beans are said to have a diet effect, but it is necessary to perform sufficient heating. The name comes from the name of the Zen master, who is said to have brought Japanese beans to Japan. bean bean and so on.

Common name: Kidney bean or Common bean, scientific name: Phaseolus vulgaris, Place of origin: Latin America, Living type: rice plant year grass, plant height: 50 (dwarf) to 300 cm, leaf height: 10 to 12 cm, leaf order: alternate, inflorescence form: : White, peach, yellow, flower size: 1.5 to 2 cm, flowering period: June to July, sheath length: 13 to 15 cm, seed length: 1.5 to 2 cm, harvest period: June to August.


  • Order
    Fabales
  • Family
    Fabaceae
  • Genus
    Phaseolus
  • Species
    P. vulgaris
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Butterfly shape
  • Leaf type
    3-fold compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeannual grass vegetable
  • Flower colorsPink Yellow White
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorRed Green
  • Height50.0 ~ 300.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.5 ~ 2.0 cm

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