Beans



Currently, the world genebanks hold about 40,000 bean varieties, although only a fraction are mass-produced for regular consumption.

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Vicia  </td><td> Vicia faba (broad bean or fava bean)   </td></tr><tr><td>


Phaseolus   </td><td> 

Phaseolus acutifolius (tepary bean) <br>
Phaseolus coccineus (runner bean)<br>
Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean)<br>
Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean; includes the pinto bean, kidney bean, black bean, Appaloosa bean as well as green beans, and many others)<br>
Phaseolus polyanthus (a.k.a. P. dumosus, recognized as a separate species in 1995)

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Vigna  </td><td> 

Vigna aconitifolia (moth bean) <br>
Vigna angularis (adzuki bean) <br>
Vigna mungo (urad bean) <br>
Vigna radiata (mung bean) <br>
Vigna subterranea (Bambara bean or ground-bean) <br>
Vigna umbellata (ricebean) <br>
Vigna unguiculata (cowpea; also includes the black-eyed pea, yardlong bean and others)
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Cicer   </td><td> 
Cicer arietinum (chickpea or garbanzo bean)
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Pisum   </td><td> 
Pisum sativum (pea)
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Lathyrus </td><td> 

Lathyrus sativus (Indian pea) <br>
Lathyrus tuberosus (tuberous pea)
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Lens 
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 LentilsLens culinaris (lentil)</td></tr><tr><td>

Lablab </td><td>  Lablab purpureus (hyacinth bean)

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Glycine </td><td> Glycine max (soybean)
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Psophocarpus </td><td>Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (winged bean)


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Cajanus </td><td>Cajanus cajan (pigeon pea)
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Mucuna </td><td>Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean)


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Cyamopsis  </td><td>Cyamopsis tetragonoloba or (guar)
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Canavalia  </td><td>Canavalia ensiformis (jack bean)<br>
Canavalia gladiata (sword bean)


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Macrotyloma  </td><td> Macrotyloma uniflorum (horse gram)
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Lupinus (lupin)  </td><td> Lupinus mutabilis (tarwi)
Lupinus albus (lupini bean)

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Arachis  </td><td> Arachis hypogaea (peanut)


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Bean is sometimes used as a synonym of pulse, an edible legume, though the term pulses is more correctly reserved for leguminous crops harvested for their dry grain.