SC - Fava beans?? (and thanks)
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Sun Dec 6 05:07:57 PST 1998
> TerryD at Health.State.OK.US writes:
>
> << The beans are kidney
> shaped, white with a black spot at the inside of the bend. >>
>
> These beans sound more like black-eyed peas which are not Phaseolus.
> However,
> it may indicate that those particular peas were introduced to Europe from
> Africa within period which is , IIRC, your postition from an earlier post.
>
> Ras
>
The coloring is wrong for the black-eyed peas I've seen, which are tan or
light brown rather than white. That doesn't prevent them from being a
variant or the artist from taking artistic license.
Since there are more varieties of beans than I have encountered, I leave the
question of precise identification open for further research.
Bear
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