Phaseolus angustissimus

Phaseolus angustissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Phaseolus
Species: P. angustissimus
Binomial name
Phaseolus angustissimus
A. Gray

Phaseolus angustissimus (common name slimleaf bean) is a plant from the American Southwest.

Uses

The Zuni people rub the crushed leaves, blossoms and powdered root on a child's body as a strengthener.[1]

References

  1. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 85)
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