Phaseolus vulgaris

Haricot bean, kidney bean, snap bean, French bean, dwarf bean, navy bean, string bean

Climbing or erect annual herb with white to purple flowers and seeds having a small elliptical hilum. Important in many countries for its edible beans and pods; of minor importance as fodder. Artificially dried and ground vines can be used as a substitute for lucerne leaf meal in poultry rations.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Haulm, Chile

88.9

6.3

43.4

7.2

0.7

42.4

1.15

0.09

315

Seeds, Chile

87.2

24.2

6.7

4.7

2.4

61.9

0.26

0.43

"

Seeds, Congo

92.4

25.5

2.8

4.9

2.0

64.8

499

Digestibility (%)

Animal

CP

CF

EE

NFE

ME

Ref

Seeds

Goats

87.2

63.4

67.3

95.7

3.38

499

Amino acid composition as % of crude protein

Seed

Ref

116

Arg

Cys

Gly

Hys

Ils

Leu

Lys

Met

Phe

Thr

Try

Tyr

Val

5.6

1.1

3.8

3.0

5.9

9.4

6.9

0.3

5.8

4.4

1.7

4.2

5.8