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Bean

Phaseolus harmsianus

Also called Beans, Frijol, Wild Bean

Phaseolus harmsianus is a wild legume species from Ecuador, found in moist montane forests, and is not a commonly grown garden bean. It is a member of the bean family, so it can be grown like other beans if you can source seed, but care details are mostly inferred from its genus.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic loam or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Phaseolus harmsianus is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae.

It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Other Phaseolus plants

Tepary bean · Slimleaf bean · Scarlet runner · Year Bean · Slimjim bean · Phaseolus glabellus · Gray's Bean · Lima bean · Spotted bean · Few Flowered Bean · Thicket bean · Santa Rita Mountain bean

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phaseolus harmsianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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