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The asparagus bean is a legume cultivated for its long, edible green pods containing immature seeds. It is commonly known as the yardlong bean, long-podded cowpea, Chinese long bean, or snake bean. Despite its name, the pods are typically only about half a yard in length. An annual vine, the asparagus bean is grown primarily for its strikingly long green pods of 35-75 centimeters and is used similarly to green beans. It is most widely cultivated in warmer parts of South and Southeast Asia, as well as southern China.

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Bean

The asparagus bean is a legume cultivated for its long, edible green pods containing immature seeds. It is commonly known as the yardlong bean, long-podded cowpea, Chinese long bean, or snake bean. Despite its name, the pods are typically only about half a yard in length. An annual vine, the asparagus bean is grown primarily for its strikingly long green pods of 35-75 centimeters and is used similarly to green beans. It is most widely cultivated in warmer parts of South and Southeast Asia, as well as southern China.

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The asparagus bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp.

 sesquipedalis) is a legume cultivated for its edible


green pods containing immature seeds, like the green bean. It is also known as the yardlong bean,
[1]
 long-podded cowpea,[1] Chinese long bean,[1] bodi/bora,[2] snake bean, or pea bean.[1] Despite
the common name of "yardlong", the pods are actually only about half a yard long, so the
subspecies name sesquipedalis (one-and-a-half-foot-long; 1.5 feet (0.50 yd)) is a more accurate
approximation.
A variety of the cowpea, the asparagus bean is grown primarily for its strikingly long (35 to 75
centimetres (1.15 to 2.46 ft)) immature green pods and has uses very similar to those of the green
bean. This plant is in a different genus from the common bean. The many varieties are usually
distinguished by the different colors of the mature seeds. It is a vigorous climbing annual vine. The
plant is subtropical/tropical and most widely grown in the warmer parts of South Asia, Southeast
Asia, and southern China.

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