yardlong bean

yardlong bean

English

Long beans for sale

Alternative forms

• yard-long bean

Noun

yardlong bean (plural yardlong beans)

1. A vigorous climbing annual vine (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) grown primarily for its strikingly long (35-75 cm) immature pods with uses very similar to that of a green bean.

Synonyms

• (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis): long-podded cowpea, asparagus bean, snake bean, Chinese long bean.

Translations

Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis

Bikol Central: Bikol Legazpi: hantak Bikol Naga: balatong (bcl) Brunei Malay: kacang panjang Chinese: Mandarin: 豆角 (zh) (dòujiǎo) Dutch: kousenband (nl) m Finnish: parsapapu French: dolique asperge m, haricot kilomètre m German: Spargelbohne f Greek: Ancient: δόλιχος m (dólikhos) Ilocano: utong Indonesian: kacang panjang (id) Kapampangan: kamangyang Khmer: សណ្ដែកកួរ (sɑndaek kuə) Malay: kacang panjang Portuguese: feijão-chicote m Spanish: judía de metro f Tagalog: sitaw Thai: ถั่วฝักยาว (th) (thua fak yao) Vietnamese: đậu đũa (vi)

References

• yardlong bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vigna unguiculata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Vigna unguiculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vigna+unguiculata at The Plant List