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Phaseolus lunatus

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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.

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