The Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius, Fabaceae) is native to the southwestern US 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 Africanagriculture.
Other names for this bean include Pawi, Pavi, Tepari, Escomite and Yori mui. The name tepary may derive from the Papago phrase t'pawi or "It's a bean".
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.
External links
The Tepary Bean (http://www.slowfood.com/img_sito/riviste/new_slow/EN/38/tepary.html)
Bean, Tepary -- Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_MV025)
Traditional O'odham Foods Information Project (http://home.comcast.net/~astessandori/ais/oodham/plants.html)
The Teparybean (Phaseolus acutifolius, Fabaceae) is native to the southwestern United States and Mexico and has been grown there by the native peoples since pre-Columbian times.
Purification and acute toxicity of a lectin extracted from teparybean (Phaseolus acutifolius).
The effects of a protease inhibitor fraction from teparybean (Phaseolus acutifolius) on in vitro cell proliferation and cell adhesion of transformed cells.
Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed.
Bean originally meant the seed of the broad bean, but was later broadened to include members of the genus Phaseolus such as the common bean or haricot and the runner bean and the related genus Vigna.
Bean can be used as a near synonym of pulse, an edible legume, though the term "pulses" is usually reserved for leguminous crops harvested for their dry grain.
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