Fabaceae
Variableleaf bushbean
Macroptilium gibbosifolium
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Macroptilium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Variableleaf bushbean
- Portuguese
- Feijão-oró
Synonyms
- Macroptilium heterophyllum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Maréchal & Baudet
- Macroptilium heterophyllum var. rotundifolium (A.Gray) Marechal & al.
- Macroptilium heterophyllum var. rotundifolium (A.Gray) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier
- Phaseolus bilobatus Engelm.
- Phaseolus gibbosifolius Ortega
- Phaseolus heterophyllus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Phaseolus heterophyllus var. rotundifolius (A.Gray) Piper
- Phaseolus macropoides A.Gray
- Phaseolus macropus Benth.
- Phaseolus micranthus M.Martens & Galeotti
- Phaseolus parviflorus Schltdl.
- Phaseolus rotundifolius A.Gray
- Phaseolus seleri Harms
- Phaseolus subtrilobus Link
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Tyrrhium, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.