Phaseolus vulgaris runner bean (Common names)

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Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris French bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris wax bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris bush bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris climbing bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris dry bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris pop bean

Names in common use

• English: French bean, snap bean, string bean
• German: Schwertbohne, Schnittbohne
• Dutch: snijboon
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• French: haricot sabre, haricot plat
• Italian: piattone
• Spanish: habichuela, judía verde
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• Portuguese: vagem (pl. vagens)
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• Polish: fasola, fasola zwykła
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Sources and commentaries

Runner beans are the immature pods of green beans of flat section, before the development of seeds. The name is usually at the plural form. Names such as Scnittbohne and snijboon indicate that they are cut with a knife before cooking, in contrast with French bean, which is usually broken by hand. Although there are also flat runner beans with a yellow colour, no name seems to distinguish them. Runner beans are not distinguished from French beans in all countries. MC