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Photo by Brian Sandilands.


Four years old, fifteen centimetres in diameter. Photo by Brian Sandilands.


A large plant from Mastergardener.extension.wisc.edu.


The eatable seedpods. Photo by Brian Sandilands.

Author: Carl Linnaeus, 1753
Family:  FABACEAE
Origin:  Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Maximum
Sun:  Medium - Maximum
Thickness:  20 Centimetres
Height:  3 Meters
Flower:  Scarlet Red
Propagate:  Seeds
Names:  Runner Bean, Scarlet Runner Bean, Dutch Runner Bean, Seven Year Been
Synonyms:  Phaseolus multiflorus Willd. 1802.
And way more, see below....

This member of the Fabaceae family was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is found on high altitude in the mountains of southern North America and in Mexico. It grows in a rich soil with some to lots of sun and plenty of water. It will, within the first year, get scarlet red flowers. The vines will reach three metres, the caudex 20 centimetres or more.

The genera name from the classical name for Bean. The species name means 'scarlet', for the flowers.

It is commonly cultivated in many parts of the world for its edible seeds and immature seedpods.

Synonyms:
Lipusa formosa (Kunth) Alef.
Lipusa multiflora Alef.
Phaseolus bicolor Vell.
Phaseolus coccineus Moc. & Sessé ex G.Don
Phaseolus coccineus var. argenteus Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. condensatus Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus subsp. formosus (Kunth) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier
Phaseolus coccineus var. griseus (Piper) Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. guatemalensis Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. lineatibracteolatus Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. minuticicatricatus Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus subsp. obvallatus (Schltdl.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier
Phaseolus coccineus var. parvibracteolatus Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. pringlei Rose ex Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. pubescens Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. purpurascens Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. rigidicaulis Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. semperbracteolatus Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. splendens Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. strigillosus (Piper) Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. timilpanensis Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. tridentatus Freytag
Phaseolus coccineus var. zongolicensis Freytag
Phaseolus formosus Kunth
Phaseolus griseus Piper
Phaseolus leiosepalus Piper
Phaseolus multiflorus Lam.
Phaseolus multiflorus var. albiflorus DC.
Phaseolus multiflorus var. coccineus (L.) DC.
Phaseolus obvallatus Schltdl.
Phaseolus prorifirus M.E.Jones
Phaseolus striatus Brandegee
Phaseolus strigillosus Piper
Phaseolus superbus A.DC.
Phaseolus sylvestris Kunth.


The flowers by G.P. Lewis, Powo.science.kew.org