List of beans

Bean is used broadly as a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) eaten by people and used for animal feed.

Beans grow in pods, which can be tender enough to be eaten whole when young and green (thus they are often called green beans). Several varieties are most popular for their pods, as described on the common bean page.

Types

There are a great variety of beans, including:

• Vicia
  • Faba or broad bean

    

    Vica faba or broad beans, known in the US as fava beans

• Vigna
  • Aconitifolia or Moth bean
  • Angularis or azuki bean
  • mungo or urad bean
  • radiata or mung bean
  • umbellatta or ricebean
  • unguiculata or cowpea (includes the black-eyed pea, yardlong bean and others)
• Cicer
  • arietinum or chickpea (also known as the garbanzo bean)
• Pisum
  • sativum or pea
• Lathyrus
• Lathyrus sativus (Indian pea)
• Lathyrus tuberosus (Tuberous pea)
• Lens
  • culinaris or lentil

    

    Lentils

• Lablab
  • purpureus or hyacinth bean
• Phaseolus
  • acutifolius or tepary bean
  • coccineus or runner bean
  • lunatus or lima bean
  • vulgaris or common bean (includes the pinto bean, kidney bean, caparrones, and many others)
• Glycine
  • max or soybean
• Psophocarpus
  • tetragonolobus or winged bean

    

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (winged bean)

• Cajanus
  • cajan or pigeon pea
• Stizolobium
  • spp or velvet bean
• Cyamopsis
  • tetragonoloba or guar
• Canavalia
  • ensiformis or jack bean
  • gladiata or sword bean
• Macrotyloma
  • M. uniflorum or horse gram
• Lupinus or Lupin
  • L. mutabilis or tarwi
• Erythrina
  • E. herbacea or Coral bean

See also

• Common bean (green bean)
• Runner bean
• Lima bean
• Fava bean
• List of edible seeds