yardlong bean

English

Long beans for sale

Alternative forms

• yard-long bean

Noun

yardlong bean (plural yardlong beans)

1. A vigorous climbing annual vine (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) grown primarily for its strikingly long (35-75 cm) immature pods with uses very similar to that of a green bean.

Synonyms

• (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis): long-podded cowpea, asparagus bean, snake bean, Chinese long bean.

Translations

Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis

• Bikol Central:

  Bikol Legazpi: hantak

  Bikol Naga: balatong (bcl)

• Brunei Malay: kacang panjang
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豆角 (zh) (dòujiǎo)

• Dutch: kousenband (nl) m
• Finnish: parsapapu
• French: dolique asperge m, haricot kilomètre m
• German: Spargelbohne f
• Greek:

  Ancient: δόλιχος m (dólikhos)

• Ilocano: utong
• Indonesian: kacang panjang (id)
• Kapampangan: kamangyang
• Khmer: សណ្ដែកកួរ (sɑndaek kuə)
• Korean: 갓끈동부 (gatkkeundongbu)
• Malay: kacang panjang
• Portuguese: feijão-chicote m
• Spanish: judía de metro f
• Tagalog: sitaw
• Thai: ถั่วฝักยาว (th) (thua fak yao)
• Vietnamese: đậu đũa (vi)

References

• yardlong bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vigna unguiculata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Vigna unguiculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vigna+unguiculata at The Plant List