Black bean

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Name Variations

 * turtle bean
 * black turtle bean
 * turtle soup bean
 * Mexican black bean
 * Spanish black bean
 * frijole negro

About Black bean
Wikipedia Article About Black bean on Wikipedia

The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, indigenous to the Americas, is an herbaceous annual plant domesticated independently in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes, and now grown worldwide for its edible bean, popular both dry and as a green bean. The leaf is occasionally used as a leaf vegetable, and the straw is used for fodder. Botanically, the common bean is classified as a dicotyledon.

Small, with a dark blue-purple color; also known as black turtle beans.