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

 

Glycine max (L.) Merr.

Typical black-seeded soybean

A small-seeded, straw-coloured soybean

 

Phaseolus coccineus L.

 

 

'Painted Lady'(upper-left), 'Bear Paw' (bottom-left), 'Scarlet Dwarf' (upper-right), 'Scarlet Runner' (bottom-right)
All seeds at semi-dried stage.

 

 

Typical colouring of scarlet runner seeds (fully dried)

'Black-Seeded Runner'

Edible white-flowered white-seeded cultivar

 


' Seneca Indian Bear Paw ' aka ' Bear Paw '

(Scale in mmm)

 

Names are linked to nomenclature

 

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Date created: 09 / 12 / 1998
Authorised by Prof. Snow Barlow
Last modified: 14 / 04 / 2000
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