Phaseolus angustissimus

Phaseolus angustissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Phaseolus
Species:	P. angustissimus
Binomial name
	Phaseolus angustissimus; A. Gray

Phaseolus angustissimus (common name slimleaf bean) is a perennial, herbaceous vine of the Fabaceae (legume) family, native to the American Southwest (particularly, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas), as well as northern Sonora, Mexico.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It is a close relative of the cultivated tepary bean (P. acutifolius), also native to the same region.

Description[]

Phaseolus angustissimus is a perennial, herbaceous vine (to 2 meters) which trails along rocky, eroded hillsides.^[3]^[4] Its leaflets are distinctively narrow and waxy, it has a very deep, slightly thickened taproot, its flowers are magenta to purple and face upwards from the ground, and its pods are small and curved, yielding 2-4 seeds with a ridged seed coat and hypogeal germination.^[3]^[4] P. angustissimus has shown freezing resistance in field trials in Canada.^[5]

Uses[]

The Zuni people rub the crushed leaves, blossoms and powdered root on a child's body as a strengthener.^[6]

References[]

^ "Plants Profile for Phaseolus angustissimus (slimleaf bean)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
^ "SEINet Portal Network - Phaseolus angustissimus". swbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Freytag, George F. (2002). Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in North America, Mexico and Central America. Debouck, Daniel G. Fort Worth, Tex.: BRIT. ISBN 1-889878-11-1. OCLC 52480039.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Buhrow, Russ (1983). "The Wild Beans of Southwestern North America" (PDF). Desert Plants.
^ Balasubramanian, P; Vandenberg, A; Hucl, P; Gusta, L (2002). "Physiology of freezing resistance in the genus Phaseolus". Annual Rep. Bean Improvement Coop. 45: 6–7.
^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 85)

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[1] "Plants Profile for Phaseolus angustissimus (slimleaf bean)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-24.

[2] "SEINet Portal Network - Phaseolus angustissimus". swbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.

[:0-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Freytag, George F. (2002). Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in North America, Mexico and Central America. Debouck, Daniel G. Fort Worth, Tex.: BRIT. ISBN 1-889878-11-1. OCLC 52480039.

[:1-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Buhrow, Russ (1983). "The Wild Beans of Southwestern North America" (PDF). Desert Plants.

[5] Balasubramanian, P; Vandenberg, A; Hucl, P; Gusta, L (2002). "Physiology of freezing resistance in the genus Phaseolus". Annual Rep. Bean Improvement Coop. 45: 6–7.

[6] Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 85)

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