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Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

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Phaseolus vulgaris, commonly called the common bean, is a herbaceous annual legume of the family Fabaceae grown in bush forms twenty to sixty centimeters tall and climbing forms extending two to three meters, producing beans inside pods. It is the most consumed bean species in the world, with global production reaching twenty eight million tonnes in 2022, led by India at about twenty three percent of output, followed by Brazil and Myanmar. The species originated in the Americas and was independently domesticated roughly eight thousand years ago in both Mexico and Central America and in the southern Andes, giving rise to two genetically distinct pools, Mesoamerican and Andean. Beyond dried mature beans, the plant is eaten as unripe green pods and occasionally as leafy greens, though raw beans contain the toxic compound phytohaemagglutinin, which thirty minutes of boiling reliably deactivates.

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Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Domesticated 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G4 Apparently Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Phaseolus vulgaris 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 3

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Source Phaseolus vulgaris (Wikidata)

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Source Phaseolus vulgaris (Wikipedia)Lead sentence

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Phaseolus vulgaris, the common bean, is a herbaceous annual plant.

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Source Cranberry bean (Wikipedia)Lead sentence

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The cranberry bean is a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) first bred in Colombia as the cargamanto.

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Source Flageolet bean (Wikipedia)Lead sentence

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The flageolet bean is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) originating from France.

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Source Green bean (Wikipedia)Lead sentence

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Green beans are young, unripe fruits of various cultivars of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

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Source Kidney bean (Wikipedia)Lead sentence

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The kidney bean is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

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Source Navy bean (Wikipedia)Lead sentence

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The navy bean, haricot bean, Jigna bean, pearl haricot bean, Boston bean, white pea bean, or pea bean is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) native to the Americas, where it was first domesticated.

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Source Pinto bean (Wikipedia)Lead sentence

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The pinto bean () is a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

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Sources

1. Phaseolus vulgaris (Wikipedia)

Lead paragraph: Phaseolus vulgaris, the common bean, is a herbaceous annual plant.View the Source

2. GBIF Species API

GBIF Species API

System (Realm): Terrestrial

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3. Phaseolus vulgaris (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q42339 (P225 taxon name)
Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q42339
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Phaseolus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q310438 (Phaseolus)

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Phaseolus vulgaris

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

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"roundedGRank": "G4"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Fabales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12426

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"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Fabales","family":null},"synonyms":[{"id":39606,"full_name":"Guilandina","author_year":"L.","rank":"GENUS"}],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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