Fabaceae
Sieva bean
Phaseolus lunatus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Phaseolus
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Common names
By language (42)
- arz
- فاسولوس لوناتوس
- ban
- Kara
- Basque
- Limako babarrun
- bik
- Perkoles
- Burmese
- ပဲဖြူကလေး
- Cantonese
- 荷包豆
- Catalan
- Garrofó, Mongeta de Lima, Garrofons, Mongetera de Lima
- Chinese
- 棉豆, 大白芸豆, 金甲豆, 香豆, 利馬豆
- Croatian
- Mjesečev grah
- Dutch
- Boterboon, Limaboon, Olifantenboon
- English
- Sieva bean, Lima bean
- Esperanto
- Limofazeolo
- Filipino
- Patani
- Finnish
- Limanpapu
- French
- Haricot de Lima, Fève de Lima, Pois de souche
- German
- Limabohne, Mondbohne
- Greek
- Φασόλι Λίμα
- Haitian Creole
- Pwachouk
- Hebrew
- שעועית לימה
- Iloko
- Patani
- Indonesian
- Kacang kratok, Kacang lima
- Irish
- Pónaire mhór
- Italian
- Fagiolo di Lima
- Japanese
- ライマメ, ぺちゃ豆, ライマビーン, ライマ豆, リママメ, リマ豆, 葵豆
- Korean
- 리마콩
- mad
- Krato'
- Malagasy
- Kabaro, Tsidimy
- Malay
- Kacang serinding
- Malayalam
- ബട്ടർ ബീൻസ്, Butter bean
- pam
- Bule
- Persian
- لوبیای لیما
- Polish
- Fasola półksiężycowata, Fasola limeńska
- Portuguese
- Feijão-de-lima, Feijão de lima
- Russian
- Фасоль луновидная
- Serbian
- Лима пасуљ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈထူဝ်ႇၶႆႇၵႆႇ
- Slovenian
- Limski fižol
- Spanish
- Pallar, Haba de Lima, Garrofon, Garrofón, Judia de Lima, Judía de Lima, P. lunatus, Poroto pallar
- Sundanese
- Roay
- Swahili
- Mfiwi
- Swedish
- Limaböna, Månböna, Sievaböna, Smörböna
- Thai
- ถั่วราชมาษ
Synonyms
- Dolichos tonkinensis Bui-quang-Chieu
- Phaseolus amazonicus Benth.
- Phaseolus bipunctatus Jacq.
- Phaseolus compressus Zoll. & Moritzi
- Phaseolus derasus Schrank
- Phaseolus falcatus Benth. ex Hemsl.
- Phaseolus foecundus Macfad.
- Phaseolus ilocanus Blanco
- Phaseolus inamoenus L.
- Phaseolus latisiliquus Macfad.
- Phaseolus limensis Macfad.
- Phaseolus limensis Pi.Savi
- Phaseolus lunatus f. limenanus Van Eselt.
- Phaseolus lunatus f. lunonanus Van Eselt.
- Phaseolus lunatus f. macrocarpus (Moench) Hassl.
- Phaseolus lunatus f. salicis Van Eselt.
- Phaseolus lunatus f. solanoides Van Eselt.
- Phaseolus lunatus f. vulgaris Hassl.
- Phaseolus lunatus var. albus Hassk.
- Phaseolus lunatus var. lilacinus Hassk.
- Phaseolus lunatus var. longepedunculatus Hassk.
- Phaseolus lunatus var. lunatus
- Phaseolus lunatus var. macrocarpus (Moench) Benth.
- Phaseolus lunatus var. silvester Baudet
- Phaseolus macrocarpus Moench
- Phaseolus maximus Roxb.
- Phaseolus pallar Molina
- Phaseolus parviflorus Stokes
- Phaseolus platyspermus Haberle ex Steud.
- Phaseolus portoricensis Bertero ex Spreng.
- Phaseolus puberulus Kunth
- Phaseolus rosei Piper
- Phaseolus rufus Jacq.
- Phaseolus saccharatus Macfad.
- Phaseolus tenuiflorus Beurl.
- Phaseolus tunkinensis Lour.
- Phaseolus vexillatus sensu Blanco, non L.
- Phaseolus vulgaris sensu Blanco, non L.
- Phaseolus xuaresii Zuccagni
- Phaseolus xuarezii Zuccagni
Flowers
- In flower
- January (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alan Prather, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jamary Santana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fabio Coelho, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Edith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Senger Mario, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: elodie vallet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.