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Phaseolus lunatus

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Name

Identification
Phaseolus lunatus L. [family FABACEAE ]
Related name
  • Phaseolus lunatus
Common name
  • sσso (JMD) tubabu sσso = white man’s bean (JMD; FB) (GUINEA, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • sσso (JMD) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • fidjom faba (auctt.) (GUINEA-BISSAU, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • tubabu soso (FB) (SENEGAL, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • togué (JM (GUINEA, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kissi soso (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • fève créole; pois savon; haricot du cap; haricot du Kissi; haricot de lima; haricot de sieva; pois de sept ans., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • butter bean; lima bean; Rangoon bean; Madagascar bean; Sieva bean., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Phaseolus lunatus Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Phaseolus lunatus Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], — F.T.A. 2: 192; Chev. Bot. 197; Bak. f. l.c. 388.
Information
A rank-growing twiner, biennial, with half-woody stems and rather small greenish-white or bluish flowers.  The Lima bean.
Range
Widely cultivated in the tropics
Distribution
Sen. Sinédone, Casamance Chev. 3137!Fr. Sud. San (Aug.)Fr. G. fide Chev. l.c.S. L. Njala (fl.Lib. Kassa Ta (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Linder 843!IV. C. Bouroukrou Chev. 16670.G. C. Achimota (fl. & fr. Sept.) Irvine 776! Begoro (Nov.) Morton A. 87!Togo Lome Warnecke 355!Dah. Zagnanado (Feb.) Chev. 23088! Abomey (fr. Feb.) Chev. 231951N. Nig. Zaria (Oct.) Lamb 85! Agaie (Oct.) Yates 48!S. Nig. Lagos Rowland! Aguku Thomas 1177!F. Po T. Vogel 235!

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