Phaseolus vulgaris

Phaseolus vulgaris

Phaseolus vulgaris, also known as the common bean, is a herbaceous annual plant grown worldwide for its edible dry seeds or unripe fruit (both commonly called beans). The main categories of common beans, on the basis of use, are dry beans (seeds harvested at complete maturity), snap beans (tender pods with reduced fibre harvested before the seed development phase) and shell (shelled) beans (seeds harvested at physiological maturity).

Uses

Diabetes, Weight loss, Obesity.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English

Properties

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

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	round in outline	1.5-5.0 cm long and as broad, heart-shaped at base, hairless or sparsely hairy, 3-5-lobed, middle lobes broadly ovate or rhombic-ovate

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	broadly ovate-heart-shaped	cream white		2.5-3.0 cm across, stalked. Male flowers are solitary, on 1.5 cm long flower-cluster-stalk, bearing near the tip a stalkless

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	ovoid	2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad	orange-red		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest.

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