Bite Bean

Bite Bean - Sebastian Romu © 2018

Description

Common Names

Bite Bean

Classification

Herbaceous, Vine, Legume

This flowering vine boasts pleasant pink five-petalled flowers and broad toothed leaves.

Ecology

Rarity

Bite bean is a common plant in all but the driest regions.

Distribution

Typically found on borders and margins of woodlands.

Life Cycle

Annual

Related Species

Bitter Bean

Blue Spot Bean

Four Bean

Speckled Bean

Thorn Bean

Twin Pod Bean

Yard Bean

Yellow Bean

Uses

Cultivation

Wild

Culinary

Bite bean sees no use as a domestic legume due to having a bitter oily taste and low yield of bean pods per plant.

Medicinal

• Tonic - The beans can also be dry-roasted and ground to make a brewed tonic.
• Vulnerary - The oil which can be pressed from the seeds is often used to makes a salve for insect stings and bites.

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