The Common bean or haricot is Phaseolus vulgaris of the family Fabaceae. Many common bean varieties belong to this species, and there are also many terms which apply to all or part of the species depending upon variety and treatment.
The common bean was domesticated independently in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes. It is now distributed globally.
Varieties grown for the dry bean include pinto beans, navy beans or pea beans, kidney beans and black turtle beans. The many varieties grown for the pods are referred to as green beans, string beans or snap beans and include the wax beans. Both bush and running (pole) varieties exist. The colors and shape of pods and seeds vary tremendously.
The common bean, in all its varieties, as cultivated in Britain and on the continents of Europe and America, is the produce of Vicia Faba.
the horse bean, the mazagan, the tick bean, the winter bean) are cultivated in the field for the sake both of the grain, which is used as food for live-stock, and of the haulm, which serves for either fodder or litter.
Beans are cut when the leaf is fallen and the haulm is almos fl either with the fagging hook or the reaping machine, though the stoutness of the stalks causes a severe strain on the latter implement.
Cannellini beans, white kidney beans, haricots blancs, fasolia, fagioli are white, oval, and kidney-shaped, with a tough seed coat and a smooth texture.
As members of the haricotbean family, the cannellini bean was the first to be cultivated in Argentina and then commercially grown in Italy.
The old Mexican word for bean was "ayacotl", which was corrupted to form the French word "haricot", which is now the generic term used by the French for all of their beans.
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