Fabaceae
Wild bushbean
Macroptilium lathyroides
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Macroptilium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 大翼豆, 寬翼豆, 宽翼豆, 长序菜豆
- English
- Wild bushbean
- Japanese
- ナンバンアカバナアズキ
- Portuguese
- Feijão-de-rola
- Thai
- ถั่วผี
- Tongan
- Piinivao
Synonyms
- Lotus maritimus Vell.
- Macroptilium lathyroides var. angustifolium Stehlé
- Macroptilium lathyroides var. bustarretianum Stehlé & Quentin
- Macroptilium lathyroides var. lathyroides
- Macroptilium lathyroides var. semierectum (L.) Urb.
- Phasellus lathyroides (L.) Moench
- Phaseolus candidus f. maritimus (Benth.) Hassl.
- Phaseolus cinnabarinus Salisb.
- Phaseolus crotalarioides Mart. ex Benth.
- Phaseolus hastaefolius Benth.
- Phaseolus hastifolius Mart. ex Benth.
- Phaseolus lathyroides L.
- Phaseolus lathyroides f. chacoensis Hassl.
- Phaseolus lathyroides f. hirsutus Hassl.
- Phaseolus lathyroides f. repandus Hassl.
- Phaseolus lathyroides f. typicus Hassl.
- Phaseolus lathyroides subf. nanus Hassl.
- Phaseolus lathyroides var. genuinus Hassl.
- Phaseolus lathyroides var. hastifolius (Mart. ex Benth.) Hassl.
- Phaseolus lathyroides var. semierectus Hassl.
- Phaseolus maritimus Benth.
- Phaseolus psoraleoides Wight & Arn.
- Phaseolus semierectus L.
- Phaseolus semierectus var. angustifolius Benth.
- Phaseolus semierectus var. angustifolius Micheli
- Phaseolus semierectus var. gracilis M.Gómez
- Phaseolus semierectus var. nanus Benth.
- Phaseolus semierectus var. subhastatus Benth.
- Phaseolus strictus A.Braun & C.D.Bouché
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: wan wan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kaiky Silva, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Moises Sousa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tainá Petersen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: abraao.g.nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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.