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From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.food.historic
Subject: Beans, beans for every meal...
Date: 15 Jun 93 19:16:48 -0600
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The species of legumes listed below are from the USDA list of economically
important plants. Common names and origin and remarks are largely from
>>Mabberly, D.J. 1990 [corrected edition]. The Plant-Book.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.<<
A "?" by itself means I have no information, not necessarily that origins
are unknown.
--Kay
Scientific name Common name Origin & remarks
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Apios americana potato bean, groundnut North America
Arachis hypogaea peanut, groundnut, goober, mani S. America, maybe
E Andes?
Bauhinia esculenta marama ?
Cajanus cajan pigeon pea, congo pea, dhal, red gram, ambrevade
Africa? S. Asia?
Canavalia ensiformis Jamaican horsebean, jackbean,
horsebean, swordbean,
sabre bean tropical Americas
Canavalia gladiata swordbean old world
Canavalia plagiosperma oblique-seeded jackbean
Canavalia rosea beach bean pantropical
Castanospermum australe Moreton bay chestnut,
Australian chestnut NE Australia, New
Caledonia, Vanuatu.
Poisonous raw.
Ceratonia siliqua carob, St. John's Bread Oman? Arabia & Somalia
Cicer arietinum chickpea, garabanzo, Bengal gram,
yellow gram, spanish pea Turkey?
(3rd lrgst pulse crop;
"salted provender" of Isaiah
Cordeauxia edulis ye'eb, jeheb nut Somalia, Ethiopia;
endangered species
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba guar, clusterbean Africa & Arabia;
cultigen
Dolichos biflorus = Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica
Dolichos lablab = Lablab purpureus
Entada gigas sea bean, Mackeybean, nickerbean tropical Africa
& Americas
Glycine max soybean probably selected
N China 11th century BC; known to Europeans
since 16th century AD; first cult. US 1924.
Glycyrrhiza glabra licorice (as opposed to anise) Mediterranean to
central Asia
Inga edulis icecream bean tropical Americas
Inga vera guaba, guama tropical Americas
Inocarpus fagifer Polynesian chestnut, Tahitian
chestnut, O'taheite chestnut Pacific
Lablab purpureus hyacinth bean, lablab bean,
bonavist bean probably tropical Afric
a
Lathyrus aphaca yellow pea Europe & Mediterranean
to Afghanistan
Lathyrus hirsutus rough pea, Caley pea ?
Lathyrus montanus [edible tubers] European
Lathyrus sativus chickling pea, chickling vetch,
dogtooth pea, grass pea, Indian pea,
Riga pea, kheshari cultigen, Europe?
Lathyrus tuberosus [edible tubers] E. Mediterranean
Lens culinaris lentil, masur, E. Mediterranean to Ira
q
Leucaena esculenta guaje Mexico
Leucaena leucocephala leucaena, leadtree, jumbie bean,
ipil-ipil Mexico
Macroptilium atropurpureum siratro, purple bean,
conchito tropical Americas
Macrotyloma geocarpum geocarpa groundnut,
Kersting's groundnut West Africa
Macrotyloma uniflorum horsegram Old world tropics
Pachyrhizus ahipa yam bean ?
Pachyrhizus erosus jicama, yam bean central America
Pachyrhizus tuberosus ajipo, yam bean ?
Phaseolus acutifolius var. latifolius tepary bean southern N America
Phaseolus coccineus scarlet runner bean Central America
Phaseolus lunatus lima bean, butter bean, Burma
bean, duffin, Rangoon bean tropical S America
Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean, green bean,
kidney bean, haricot bean,
frijoles, navy bean,
pinto bean, canellini bean, etc. tropical America
Pisum sativum pea, garden pea, field pea Mediterranean to Iran
Pisum sativum var arvense dun pea, grey pea,
mutter pea, partridge pea,
peluskins Mediterranean to Iran
Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon sugar pea. mangetout Mediterranean
Pithecellobium dulce Manila tamarind,
Madras thorn, guaymochil central America
Pithecellobium unguis-cati Black Jessie Florida to northern S America
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus winged pea, winged bean,
Goa bean, asparagus pea,
princes pea, dambala tropical Asia
Psoralea bituminosa Arabian scurfpea
Psoralea esculenta prairie turnip, prairie potato N. America
Senna occidentalis coffee senna, negro coffee subtropical America
Sphenostylis stenocarpa African yam bean Africa
Tamarindus indica tamarind tropical Africa?
Trigonella foenum-graecum fenugreek S Europe, W Asia
Vicia faba broad bean, horsebean, fava bean,
windsor bean S. Europe? Cent
ral Asia?
Vicia narbonensis Narbonne vetch
possible ancestor of V. faba S. Europe
Vigna aconitifolia mat bean, moth bean S. Asia
Vigna angularis adzuki bean Asia
Vigna mungo black gram, urd tropical Asia
Vigna radiata var radiata mung bean, green gram
Indonesia? Seedlings
are commercial "bean sprouts"
Vigna subterranea Bambarra groundnut,
groundbean W. Africa
Vigna umbellata rice bean S. Asia
Vigna unguiculata ssp. cylindrica catjang ?
Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis
yard-long bean, asparagus bean
Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata
yawa, southern pea, cowpea,
black-eyed pea, crowder pea Old World
Vigna vexillata zombi pea tropical old world
Additions welcome!
Kay Klier Biology Dept UNI in%"klier@iscsvax.uni.edu"