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From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.food.historic
Subject: Beans, beans for every meal...
Date: 15 Jun 93 19:16:48 -0600
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The species of legumes listed below are from the USDA list of economically
important plants.  Common names and origin and remarks are largely from
>>Mabberly, D.J. 1990 [corrected edition].  The Plant-Book.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.<<

A "?" by itself means I have no information, not necessarily that origins
are unknown.

       --Kay


Scientific name         Common name                      Origin & remarks
-------------------     -------------------------------  --------------------
Apios americana         potato bean, groundnut           North America
Arachis hypogaea        peanut, groundnut, goober, mani  S. America, maybe
                                                         E Andes?
Bauhinia esculenta      marama                           ?
Cajanus cajan          pigeon pea, congo pea, dhal, red gram, ambrevade
                                                         Africa? S. Asia?
Canavalia ensiformis    Jamaican horsebean, jackbean,
                        horsebean, swordbean,
                        sabre bean                      tropical Americas
Canavalia gladiata      swordbean                       old world
Canavalia plagiosperma  oblique-seeded jackbean
Canavalia rosea         beach bean                      pantropical
Castanospermum australe Moreton bay chestnut,
                        Australian chestnut            NE Australia, New
                                                       Caledonia, Vanuatu.
                                                       Poisonous raw.
Ceratonia siliqua       carob, St. John's Bread        Oman? Arabia & Somalia
Cicer arietinum         chickpea, garabanzo, Bengal gram,
                        yellow gram, spanish pea       Turkey?
                                                       (3rd lrgst pulse crop;
                                                "salted provender" of Isaiah
Cordeauxia edulis       ye'eb, jeheb nut               Somalia, Ethiopia;
                                                       endangered species
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba guar, clusterbean              Africa & Arabia;
                                                       cultigen
Dolichos biflorus = Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica
Dolichos lablab = Lablab purpureus
Entada gigas           sea bean, Mackeybean, nickerbean      tropical Africa
                                                         & Americas
Glycine max            soybean                          probably selected
                                   N China 11th century BC; known to Europeans
                                   since 16th century AD; first cult. US 1924.
Glycyrrhiza glabra     licorice (as opposed to anise)   Mediterranean to
                                                        central Asia
Inga edulis            icecream bean                    tropical Americas
Inga vera              guaba, guama                     tropical Americas
Inocarpus fagifer      Polynesian chestnut, Tahitian
                       chestnut, O'taheite chestnut     Pacific
Lablab purpureus       hyacinth bean, lablab bean,
                       bonavist bean                    probably tropical Afric
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Lathyrus aphaca        yellow pea                       Europe & Mediterranean
                                                        to Afghanistan
Lathyrus hirsutus      rough pea, Caley pea             ?
Lathyrus montanus              [edible tubers]          European
Lathyrus sativus       chickling pea, chickling vetch,
                       dogtooth pea, grass pea, Indian pea,
                       Riga pea, kheshari               cultigen, Europe?
Lathyrus tuberosus      [edible tubers]                 E. Mediterranean
Lens culinaris         lentil, masur,                   E. Mediterranean to Ira
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Leucaena esculenta     guaje                            Mexico
Leucaena leucocephala  leucaena, leadtree, jumbie bean,
                        ipil-ipil                       Mexico
Macroptilium atropurpureum      siratro, purple bean,
                             conchito                  tropical Americas
Macrotyloma geocarpum   geocarpa groundnut,
                        Kersting's groundnut           West Africa
Macrotyloma uniflorum   horsegram                      Old world tropics
Pachyrhizus ahipa       yam bean                       ?
Pachyrhizus erosus      jicama, yam bean               central America
Pachyrhizus tuberosus   ajipo, yam bean ?
Phaseolus acutifolius var. latifolius   tepary bean   southern N America
Phaseolus coccineus     scarlet runner bean           Central America
Phaseolus lunatus       lima bean, butter bean, Burma
                        bean, duffin, Rangoon bean      tropical S America
Phaseolus vulgaris      garden bean, green bean,
                        kidney bean, haricot bean,
                        frijoles, navy bean,
                        pinto bean, canellini bean, etc.  tropical America
Pisum sativum          pea, garden pea, field pea       Mediterranean to Iran
Pisum sativum var arvense       dun pea, grey pea,
                       mutter pea, partridge pea,
                       peluskins                       Mediterranean to Iran
Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon  sugar pea. mangetout   Mediterranean
Pithecellobium dulce   Manila tamarind,
                       Madras thorn, guaymochil        central America
Pithecellobium unguis-cati      Black Jessie    Florida to northern S America
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus     winged pea, winged bean,
                      Goa bean, asparagus pea,
                      princes pea, dambala             tropical Asia
Psoralea bituminosa     Arabian scurfpea
Psoralea esculenta      prairie turnip, prairie potato  N. America
Senna occidentalis      coffee senna, negro coffee      subtropical America
Sphenostylis stenocarpa African yam bean                Africa
Tamarindus indica       tamarind                        tropical Africa?
Trigonella foenum-graecum  fenugreek                    S Europe, W Asia
Vicia faba              broad bean, horsebean, fava bean,
                        windsor bean                            S. Europe? Cent
ral Asia?
Vicia narbonensis       Narbonne vetch
                        possible ancestor of V. faba    S. Europe
Vigna aconitifolia      mat bean, moth bean             S. Asia
Vigna angularis         adzuki bean                     Asia
Vigna mungo             black gram, urd                 tropical Asia
Vigna radiata var radiata       mung bean, green gram
                                                       Indonesia?  Seedlings
                                                are commercial "bean sprouts"
Vigna subterranea       Bambarra groundnut,
                        groundbean                    W. Africa
Vigna umbellata         rice bean                     S. Asia
Vigna unguiculata ssp. cylindrica       catjang        ?
Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis
                       yard-long bean, asparagus bean
Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata
                       yawa, southern pea, cowpea,
                       black-eyed pea, crowder pea   Old World
Vigna vexillata        zombi pea                     tropical old world


Additions welcome!

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI     in%"klier@iscsvax.uni.edu"