Four Bean

About

Common Names

Four Bean / Greilt Crect (Waejir)

Classification

Culinary Legume Vine

Description

A cultivated legume vine that has small red hood-shaped flowers which produce pods with four beans.

Ecology

Rarity

Distribution

Life Cycle

Related Species

Bite Bean

Bitter Bean

Blue Spot Bean

Speckled Bean

Thorn Bean

Twin Pod Bean

Yard Bean

Yellow Bean

Uses

Cultivation

Four bean is popular crop in many nations.

Culinary

• Beans - The beans are quite tasty and serve as a staple in many dishes.

Medicinal

• Antitussive - The flowers will aid to suppress coughs.
• Oxytocic - The root of this plant is a known Oxytocic.

Other

History

Cultural

Religious