Phaseolus dumosus

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Phaseolus dumosus Macfad.

Order Fabales
Family Leguminosae - Papilionoideae
Genus Phaseolus

2n = 22

Origin : Guatemala

wild and cultivated

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Description

Popular names

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  • Spanish: acalete, botil (Mexico)

Classification

Phaseolus dumosus Macfad. (1837)

  • synonym: Phaseolus polyanthus Greenm. (1907)
  • A species distinct from P. vulgaris and P. coccineus, but a near relative.

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History

This species spread to Mexico, South America and the West Indies.

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