Fruits & Vegetable week- Phaseolus coccineus- Scarlet runner bean

[Prashant awale]

Dear Friends,

This is a climber commonly known as " Scarlet runner bean".
Its green pods and seeds are edible.

Bot. name: Phaseolus coccineus

Family: Fabaceae

Location: Munnar

regards
Prashant

[Vijayasankar]

Thanks Prashant ji, for also mentioning about its uses. This helps a lot to know more about these otherwise little known species.

 

Regards

 

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Associate
National Center for Natural Products Research
Thad Cochran Research Center
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677
Phone: +1 662 915 1018

[Balkar Arya]

Great!!! What a bright Colored flowers

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964