Phaseolus acutifolius

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Read about Phaseolus acutifolius in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Phaseolus acutifolius, Gray, var. latifolius, G. F. Freeman. Tepary. Fig. 2891. Annual, erect on poor or dry land, under more favorable growth - conditions sts. recumbent, spreading or twining, 1 1/2 -9 ft. long, glabrous to puberulent: lvs. smooth above with slightly prominent veins beneath, glabrous throughout or slightly puberulent below; lfts. entire, ovate to broadly lanceolate, 3/5 -2 in. wide (average width 1 1/2 in.), acuminate, stipel- late; stipules lanceolate, -fam. long, striate, appressed; petioles slender, 1-4 in. long: peduncles shorter than the lvs., 2-5-fld.; bracts small, deciduous: fls. medium-sized, pedicellate, white or pale violet, few at the end of an axillary peduncle which is usually shorter than the Ivs. ; calyx short, broadly campanu- late, 4-toothed (the upper 2 lobes united into 1), teeth acuminate; banner broad, emarginate, in II. more than half reflexed, at the base biauriculate, 1/3-2/5in. long: pod flattened and coriaceous when young, when mature papery, 2-7-seeded, 2-3 1/2 in. long, 1/3- 2/5. broad, straight or slightly curved, with prominent beak; seeds white, yellow, brown, or bluish black, either self-colored or variously flecked, round-oval to nearly round as is the navy, to strongly flattened like a diminutive lima; average weight .10-.20 gram. S.W. U. S. and Mex.—Cult, by the Indians and Mexicans of the southwestern desert region. Recently intro. by the Arizona Agric. Exp. Sta. as a very promising drought- resistant dry shell bean for hot semi-arid regions. See Bean, Tepary, p. 462; also Ariz. Agrie. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 68 (1912). CH


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