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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Tepary bean<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Fabales]]<br /> | familia = [[Fabaceae]]<br /> | subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]<br /> | tribus = [[Phaseoleae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Phaseolus]]''<br /> | species = '''''P. acutifolius'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Phaseolus acutifolius''<br /> | binomial_authority = [[Asa Gray|A. Gray]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The '''Tepary bean''' (''[[Phaseolus]] acutifolius'', [[Fabaceae]]) is native to the [[Southwestern United States|southwestern]] [[United States]] and [[Mexico]] and has been grown there by the native peoples since pre-Columbian times. It is more drought-resistant than the [[common bean]] (''Phaseolus vulgaris'') and is grown in desert and semi-desert conditions from [[Arizona]] through [[Mexico]] to [[Costa Rica]]. The water requirements are low and the crop will grow in areas where annual rainfall is less than 400 mm. It has recently been introduced to [[Africa]]n [[agriculture]]. <br /> <br /> Other names for this bean include '''Pawi''', '''Pavi''', '''Tepari''', '''Escomite''', '''Yori mui''' and '''Yori muni'''. The name ''tepary'' may derive from the [[Tohono O'odham]] phrase ''t'pawi'' or &quot;It's a bean&quot;.<br /> <br /> Tepary beans are cooked like other dry beans after soaking. Some Native Americans would toast the dry beans, then grind them into a meal which was mixed with water before eating.<br /> <br /> Recent studies from the United States and Mexico suggest that [[lectin]] toxins and other compounds from tepary beans may be useful as chemotherapy for treating cancer. However, further research is needed.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> *[http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark/tepary_beans.html The Tepary Bean]<br /> *[http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_MV025 Bean, Tepary -- Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray]<br /> *[http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/papagosoup.html Papago Tepary Bean Soup]<br /> *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHAC NRCS: USDA Plants Profile], [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHACA2], [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHACL]<br /> *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&amp;list_uids=12453724&amp;dopt=Abstract Purification and acute toxicity of a lectin extracted from tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius).]<br /> *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&amp;list_uids=12020595&amp;dopt=Citation The effects of a protease inhibitor fraction from tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) on in vitro cell proliferation and cell adhesion of transformed cells.]<br /> *[http://ift.confex.com/ift/2004/techprogram/paper_22443.htm Cytotoxicity of tepary bean lectins (Phaseolus acutifolius lectins) on human malignant cells]<br /> <br /> {{Faboideae-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Faboideae]]<br /> [[Category:Edible legumes]]<br /> [[Category:Native American cuisine]]<br /> [[Category:Flora of Southwestern United States]]<br /> [[Category:Flora of Mexico]]<br /> [[Category:Flora of Costa Rica]]<br /> [[Category:Flora of Central America]]</div>

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