Details for: PI 549484, Phaseolus lunatus L., 'EASY SHELL'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Phaseolus lunatus L.
Cultivar:
'EASY SHELL'
Origin:
Donated – Louisiana, United States
Received by NPGS:
1963
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed20 countPI 549484 91o SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Phaseolus lunatus L.
Cultivar:
'EASY SHELL'
Origin:
Donated – Louisiana, United States
Received by NPGS:
1963
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
1963.
Louisiana, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'EASY SHELL'
Type: Cultivar name

W6 7445
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Prolific yielder, producing heavy crop even as close as one foot to the ground and continuing to produce fruit throughout the season. Seeds green until maturity, then white. Pods size intermediate, between Fordhook type and Carolina Sieva, but easier to shell. Maturity 60-70 days. Resistant to downy mildew. Grows well throughout Louisiana
Phaseolus lunatus L.
Genus:
Phaseolus
Section:
Paniculati
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:

27591
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:724. 1753
Verified:
08/16/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Phaseolus lunatus L. var. lunatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Phaseolus falcatus Benth. ex Hemsl., nom. nud.
Phaseolus inamoenus L.
Phaseolus limensis Macfad.
Phaseolus lunatus L. var. macrocarpus (Moench) Benth.
Phaseolus lunatus L. var. silvester Baudet
Phaseolus macrocarpus Moench
Phaseolus rosei Piper
Phaseolus tunkinensis Lour.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbutter bean  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishLima bean  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishSieva bean  1Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Englishsugar bean  1Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Frenchharicot de Lima  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchharicot du Cap  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchpois du Cap  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanLimabohne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanMondbohne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianfagiolo di Lima  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajiaoi-mame  2Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Portuguesefeijão-de-Lima  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)fava-Belém  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)feijão-fava  2Silva, V. B. et al. 2015. Genetic diversity and promising crosses indication in lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) accessions. Semina: Ciências Agrárias 36:683-692. DOI: 10.5433/1679-0359.2015v36n2p683.
Spanishfrijol de luna  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishhaba lima  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishjudía de Lima  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpallar  2Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 259.
Spanish (Mexico)frijol navajita  2Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 89.
Spanish (Spain)garrofó  2Martínez-Nieto, M. I. et al. 2020. Resilience capacity assessment of the traditional Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) landraces facing climate change. Agron. Open Access 10:758. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10060758. Note: this study assessed local cultivars developed in Valencia, Spain, and compared them with a widely commercial cultivar
Swedishlimaböna  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesemain dou  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanchaedu  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:116.
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Description:
Fordhook type (U.S. 254)/Carolina Sieva

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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.45.8 PHASEOLUS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 549484 91o SD
PHYSIOLOGYPhoto responsePhoto responseN - Day neutral WRPIS_PHASEOLUS_DAYNEUTRALPI 549484 91o SD