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Runner bean
Runner bean
Phaseolus coccineus
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Montane forest
Range
Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The runner bean is a climbing vine that grows in moist, temperate gardens. Its stems rotate in a counter-clockwise spiral to grip supports as they climb upward.

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 coccineus