BEANS
Feb 04, 2020
2 minutes
Words by Jude and Michel Fanton
The ‘common bean’ Phaseolus vulgaris – phaseolus being Greek for bean and vulgaris Greek for common – covers both green beans (French beans) and dried beans such as pinto, navy, kidney and borlotti.
ORIGIN
Although there are records of bean cultivation in Mexico in 4000 BCE, the plants seem to have originated from the temperate regions
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