Phaseolus coccineus


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Related to Phaseolus coccineus: Phaseolus multiflorus, scarlet runner beans
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Noun1.Phaseolus coccineus - tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
pole bean - a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis
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Runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) produce sweeter immature pods compared with other dry beans, and the plants' showy flowers entice bumblebees.
hampei, se evaluaron extractos proteinicos de semillas de plantas no-huesped como: Lupinus bogotensis, Brachiaria humidicola, Amaranthus hypochondriacus, Phaseolus acutifolius, Phaseolus coccineus, Hyptis suaveolens, Centrosema pubescens y Trifolium repens.
ASETSFSFQRFVETNLILQR 75 (Anasazi Beans) Phaseolus coccineus lectin (22-41) ASETSFSFDRFNETNLILQU 65 Phaseolus acutifolius lectin (25-44) ANDISFNFQRFNETNLILQG 60 The hemagglutinin inhibited HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with an [IC.sub.50] of 2 [micro]M.
En el laboratorio de bioensayos de El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) para obtener huevos se colocaron 37 hembras y 14 machos en recipientes plasticos con suelo humedo, cubiertos con una tela fina de organza; se les alimento con hojas de frijol botil (Phaseolus coccineus)ysus larvas con raices de "chisme" Sedum praealtum parvifolium R.
Phaseolus coccineus, as it is more correctly known, originated in Central America and wild relatives can still be found in parts of Mexico.
When the scarlet runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, was first introduced from Mexico it was grown purely as a decorative plant and was regarded as an exotic and tender thing.