Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Central America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

The common bean is one of the world's most important food crops, domesticated independently in both Mesoamerica and the Andes over 7,000 years ago. A single species yields dozens of familiar varieties — kidney beans, black beans, navy beans, and pinto beans are all Phaseolus vulgaris.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Phaseolus

Species

Phaseolus vulgaris