Common beans
Phaseolus vulgaris Common beans About The common bean (also referred to as the string bean, field bean, flageolet bean, French bean, garden bean, green [...] plant. Botanically speaking, it belongs to the legume family Fabaceae , together with other Phaseolus species. The common bean is a changeable species that [...] has been cultivated already for a very long time. Wild varieties often tend to grow upwards, however many types are identified as ‘bush beans’ or ‘pole beans’