phaseolus lunatus

Phaseolus lunatus, commonly known as the lima bean (), butter bean, sieva bean, double bean or Madagascar bean, is a legume grown for its edible seeds or beans.

Phaseolus lunatus is found in Meso- and South America. Two gene pools of cultivated lima beans point to independent domestication events. The Mesoamerican lima bean is distributed in neotropical lowlands while the other is found in the western Andes. They were discovered in Peru.The Andes domestication took place around 2000 BC, and produced ...