MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

A SAMPLING OF BEAN CULTIVARS

Most seeds were kindly supplied by the Australian Seed Savers Network & Heritage Seed Curators Australia

 

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

(all seeds are roughly displayed on the same scale. Colours are fairly accurate)

 

Unidentified cultivar

'Tongue of Fire' aka 'Horto'

Unidentified cultivar

 

 

'Black Turtle'

Unidentified cultivar

'Penguin' bean aka 'Magpie'

 

 

'Cannellini'

'African Premier' (left),
'Triomphe de Farcy' (right)

'Mexican Twining Black Delgado'

 

Seeds of cultivars producing fine-podded, gourmet baby beans

'Finaud' (left) and 'Rapier' (right)

'Triomphe de Farcy'

'Fin de Bagnols'

Baby bean 'Masai'

 

 

 

Green shell beans - Flageolet type

Flageolet 'Flax'

Flageolet 'Elsa'

Flageolet 'Chevrier Vert'

 

 

Some round-seeded cultivars, referred to as "coco" in Europe

 

'Yin & Yang'

'Coco Bicolor'

Unidentified cultivar

'Sulphur'

 

Some small-seeded cultivars sometimes referred to as "peabeans" or "pearl beans"
(their belonging to Phaseolus vulgaris L. may or may not be correct)

 

"Rice bean" aka Haricot 'Riz de la Bresse'

Unidentified cultivar

 

Names are linked to nomenclature

 

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Date created: 14 / 07 / 1997
Authorised by Prof. Snow Barlow
Last modified: 19 / 04 / 2000
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