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Phaseolus lunatus

Phaseolus lunatus is commonly known as the lima bean, butter bean, sieva bean is a legume grown for its edible seeds or beans.

Uses

Fever.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

It contains flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins and phenolic.^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Dabbale beans
Hindi	Sem, Lobia
Malayalam
Tamil	Kachi-k-kollu
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Aksipidaka
English	Lima Bean, Burma bean

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Round in outline	Leaves have three leaflets, each 5-12.7 cm long.

^[2]

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual		White, Pale green or Rose-violet		2.5 cm in length. Depending on cultivar, the pods can be 5-15 cm long and an inch or so wide.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	Ovoid	2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad	Cream white		{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

In Oaxaca, Mexico, the main rainy season lasts from June to August and most of the above-ground parts die during dry season.^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Grass land.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links

Phaseolus lunatus on the plantlist.org

[chemical_composition-1] Chemical composition

[Leaf-2] Morphology

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] Cultivation Details

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 [[File:Phaseolus lunatus-xavier cottage-yercaud-salem-India.JPG |thumb|right|'''Phaseolus lunatus''']]
-'''Phaseolus lunatus''', commonly known as the lima bean (/ˈlaɪmə/), butter bean, sieva bean, Double Bean or Madagascar bean, is a legume grown for its edible seeds or beans.
+'''Phaseolus lunatus''' is commonly known as the lima bean, butter bean, sieva bean is a legume grown for its edible seeds or beans.
 ==Uses==
 {{Uses|Fever}}.
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 ==Chemical Composition==
-It contains flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins and phenolic.
+It contains flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins and phenolic.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
-<ref name="chemical composition"/>
 ==Common names==
-{{Common names|kn=Dabbale beans|ml=|sa=Aksipidaka|ta=Kachi-k-kollu|te=|hi=सेम Sem, लोबिया Lobia|en=Lima Bean, Burma bean, Butter bean}}
+{{Common names|kn=Dabbale beans|ml=|sa=Aksipidaka|ta=Kachi-k-kollu|te=|hi=Sem, Lobia|en=Lima Bean, Burma bean}}
 ==Properties==
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 ===Fruit===
-{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|ovoid|2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad|Cream white|}}
+{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|Ovoid|2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad|Cream white|}}
 ===Other features===
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 ==How to plant/cultivate==
-In Oaxaca, Mexico, the main rainy season lasts from June to August and most of the above-ground parts die during dry season. Germination or budding occurs in June or July. The first inflorescence is in October or November. The production of flowers and fruits usually ends between February and April.
+In Oaxaca, Mexico, the main rainy season lasts from June to August and most of the above-ground parts die during dry season.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
-<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
 ==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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 ==External Links==
-* [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-2932 Phaseolus lunatus]
+* [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-2932 Phaseolus lunatus on the plantlist.org]
 [[Category:Herbs]]
 [[Category:Fabaceae]]