SC - Fava beans?? (and thanks)

[Decker, Terry D.]

> 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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