Phaseolus lunatus L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - A usually annual, herbaceous, sparingly pubescent vine up to 3 m. long or longer, twining or trailing. Leaves 3-foliolate, petioled; leaflets ovate, ovatelanceolate or rhombic-ovate, thin in texture, 4-7 cm. long, acute at the apex, obtuse or subtruncate at the base, the terminal one long-stalked, equilateral, the others short-stalked, inequilateral; racemes peduneled, about as long as the leaves, sometimes longer, several-many-flowered; pedicels slender, mostly less than 1 cm. long; calyx about 3 mm. long, its teeth short, ovate; bractlets oblong, about one-half as long as the calyx; corolla greenish white, the standard about 7 mm. broad; pod flat, subfalcate, 3-7 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide (larger in cultivated races); seeds oblong or subquadrate, flattened.
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Distribution
In a coppice near Staniard Creek, Andros, spontaneous after cultivation : West Indies ; continental tropical America. Lima Bean.
South Andros Bahamas South America| West Indies|