Bitter Bean
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About
- Common Names
- Bitter Bean
- Classification
- Herbaceous, Vine, Legume
- Description
- A flowering climbing vine common to Anexea and grown as a food crop.
Ecology
- Rarity
- Common
- Distribution
- Tropical through subarctic forests, savanna plains and hills.
- Life Cycle
Related Species
Uses
- Cultivation
- A popular legume in many nations.
- Culinary
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- Legume - The raw beans are quite bitter, but after soaking and rinsing the taste is much improved.
- Medicinal
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- Febrifuge - The whole flowers are known to help fevers if brewed as a tea.
- Other
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- Soap - The leaves can be used to make an emollient paste.
History
- Cultural
- Religious