The toxic compound phytohaemagglutinin, a lectin, is present in many
common bean varieties, but is especially concentrated in red kidney beans.
Not exact matches
Not to be confused with the Chinese
variety (as in «black
bean sauce», which are actually fermented soy
beans), the
common variety used in South America are actually a black turtle
bean, often called a frijol negro in spanish.
Using samples from gene banks, they recently identified 30
varieties of
common beans that can stand up to temperatures that would otherwise cause the crops to fail.
There are many different
varieties of
beans — black, white, pinto, heirloom, etc. — but one thing they all have in
common is their high amounts of protein.
Presently,
common varieties of
beans grow in the wild throughout temperate regions.
The most
common varieties of legumes are
beans.
Park Relative: Pacific pea (Lathyrus vestitus) The «green
bean» is just one
variety of Phaseolus vulgaris, the
common bean upon which much of the world's population depends as a staple of their diet (the green
beans are actually the unripe fruits of the plant!).