phaseolus vulgaris, edible pod cultivar (plant) *Phaseolus vulgaris*, also known as the common bean among other names,[ is a herbaceous annual plant grown worldwide for its edible dry seeds or unripe fruit. The main categories of common beans, on the basis of use, are dry beans (seeds harvested at complete maturity), snap beans (tender pods with reduced fibre harvested before the seed development phase) and shell beans (seeds harvested at physiological maturity). Its leaf is also occasionally used as a vegetable and the straw as fodder. Its botanical classification, along with other *Phaseolus* species, is as a member of the legume family *Fabaceae*, most of whose members acquire the nitrogen they require through an association with rhizobia, a species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaseolus_vulgaris] MANSFELD:27559 Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris PLANTS:PHVU Phaseolus vulgaris L. bush bean plant pole bean plant phaseolus vulgaris plant Phaseolus vulgaris requires discussion