Fabaceae
Tepary bean
Phaseolus acutifolius
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Phaseolus
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- فاسولوس اكوتيفوليوس
- Catalan
- Mongetera tepary
- Chinese
- 尖叶菜豆, 寬葉菜豆
- Dutch
- Teparyboon
- English
- Tepary bean
- Esperanto
- Tepari-fazeolo
- French
- Haricot tépari
- German
- Teparybohne
- Japanese
- テパリービーン
- Polish
- Fasola ostrolistna
- Russian
- Фасоль остролистная
- Serbian
- Тепари пасуљ
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.