Phaseolus coccineus
Moc. & Sessé ex G.DonNOT EVALUATEDPublished in Gen. Hist.2: 350 (1832)
The native range of this species is Mexico to Nicaragua. It is a climbing annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.
