White kidney beans (not white cloud beans) belong to a more common type of flowering vegetable bean.
White kidney beans are legume pteridophyte subfamily bean family bean plants, also known as multiflora beans, native to weekly Mexico and Argentina, and since then after artificial cultivation has been gradually adapted to the environment of the plateau zone, the 16th century when introduced into our country, is currently planted throughout the country. White kidney beans in a variety of colors, different sizes and shapes, is the best of the beans, loved by the people.
White kidney beans color white, black, black purple, mixed colors, etc., the shape is also a variety of common oval, flat, spherical and kidney-shaped, the size of the particles varies greatly, the smallest size and soybeans about the same, but the largest can be as long as 21 millimeters, a few times the soybean, the size of this type of beans is also the best.
Common Beans
1, red beans
Red bean pods oblong, petals leathery, cracked at maturity, there are 2-6 seeds; seeds elliptic, smooth and glossy, the upper two-thirds of the bright red, the lower third of the black. Produced in China, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan. Born in open forests in mountainous areas. Widespread in tropical regions.
2, mung bean
Mung bean, is a legume cowpea annual erect herb, 20-60 cm high. Leaves are pinnately compound, stipules peltate, ovate; stipules conspicuous, lanceolate; leaflets ovate, entire, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate or rounded. Mung beans are produced in all parts of China and are cultivated.
3, soybeans
Soybeans are native to China, are cultivated throughout China, while widely cultivated around the world. Soybean is one of China's important food crops, has a history of five thousand years of cultivation, the ancient name of beans, northeast China as the main producing areas.
4, kidney beans
Brass beans, also known as kidney beans, kidney beans are native to Central and South America, the 16th century, the Spaniards will be introduced to the beans in China, is currently distributed in China in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places. Bean is born in the sunny part of the fertile land. The propagation methods of beans are mainly cuttings and sowing.