Fabaceae
Phaseolus

Phaseolus × dumosus Macfad.

First published in Fl. Jamaica 1: 279 (1837)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is S. Mexico to Central America. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. The hybrid formula is P. coccineus × P. vulgaris. It is used for food.

Descriptions

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Annual tending to Perrenial, indeterminate vine, 8-10 m or more
Morphology Stem
stems terete, younger stems 3 mm in diameter or more, ribbed, sparsely covered with strigose pubescence, older stems near ground level robust
Morphology Leaves
30-39 cm long; petiole 15-20 cm long; petiolule 4-5 cm long, stout to 3 mm in diameter, heavily ribbed, sparsely covered with forward appressed-strigose hairs; terminal leaflet very broadly ovate, to 13 cm long, 12.5 cm wide at 1/3 from base, acuminate, apiculate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
a panicle with 2 early per node and a secondary branch axis produced between them at about anthesis; primary bracts lanceolate, 6-7 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, densely covered with strigose pubescence; pedicel rather stout 6-7 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
flower purple rarely white; calyx tube 3-4 mm long; blade broadly rounded, erect, 5 mm from base to flexure and 7 mm more to emarginate tip, 12 mm wide, laterally enrolled, a few minute hairs at apex; wings purple rarely white, round, widely spreading and cupped, unequal-pod straight, tapered near stem 7 cm long, 12-13 mm wide, 7-10 mm thick; beak nearly straight, 7-8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
seed oblongoid, flattened, 11.5 mm long, 8.6 mm wide, 3.9mm thick, smooth, black streaked and striped on a tan background.
Ecology
humid pine-oak or humid montane forests, in and along ravines of small streams, deep, moist well drained, humus soil. altitude 1300 - 1940 m.
Distribution
Mexico, Guatemala.
Conservation
least concerned
Phenology
Flower (no data), fruit (no data)
[SCG]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71776921/71776930

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 1400 - 2800 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Trepadora
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1400–2800 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Climbing.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 1400 - 2800 m.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Morphology General Habit
Creeper.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
[UPB]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
botón de saco, cacha, cacha amarilla, cacha azul, cacha blanco, cachas, cachetón, calarqueño, carchas, carriel, carrielito, chiquinquireño, fríjol botón de saco, fríjol cacha, fríjol cacha amarilla, fríjol cacha azul, fríjol cacha blanco, fríjol cachas, fríjol cachetón, fríjol calarqueño, fríjol carchas, fríjol carriel, fríjol carrielito, fríjol chiquinquireño, fríjol de año, fríjol de la tierra, fríjol de monte, fríjol de vida, fríjol del año, fríjol guadeño, fríjol matahambre, fríjol matatropa, fríjol mirafloreño, fríjol monjos, fríjol montañero, fríjol mundonuevo, fríjol pachajoy, fríjol permanente, fríjol petaco, fríjol petaco amarillo, fríjol popayán, fríjol quebrador, fríjol sapo, fríjol silvestre, fríjol toda la vida, fríjol tonto, fríjol torta, fríjol tranja, fríjol vagabundo, fríjol veranero, fríjoles, frijolito, frisol carriel, frisol de vida, frisol sapo, guadeño, matahambre, mirafloreño, monjos, montañero, mundonuevo, pachajoy, permanente, petaco, petaco amarillo, popayán, sapo, toda la vida, torta, tranja, vagabundo, veranero
[UNAL]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
[UPFC]

Use Gene Sources
Crop wild relatives which may possess beneficial traits of value in breeding programmes (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0