Talk:Phaseolus lunatus

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Contents 1 Name origin 2 Vandalism/Pointless Links 3 Cyanide content 4 Blanking of lunatus species synonym

[edit] Name origin

Any connection with Lima, Peru? — Lenoxus 01:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism/Pointless Links

Somebody had added that the Lima bean is of Indonesian origin along with its Mesoamerican origin, but it's not. Also I deleted the external link that went to the song, which does not contribute any information about the plant or food, and I deleted the link to the Spanish website, as this is the English section of Wikipedia.

==Butter Beans vs. Lima Beans The FDA has determined that "butter peas", commonly grown in the south, are Lima beans (http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/ppbweb/manuals/frozenlimabeans.pdf). There seem to be a few varieties of Lima beans (http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/faculty/dmcaron/Pollination/limabeans.html). Here in the South, butter beans have subtly but distinctly different taste, color and texture than Lima (and baby Lima) beans. See this article for a more verbose explanation (http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/FCS/FlaFoodFare/Butter_Beans.htm)

Sunonomo 15:04, 12 July 2007 (UTC)SunonomoSunonomo 15:04, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

lima beans are green —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.215.147.230 (talk) 22:15, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyanide content

Doesn't this bean contain cyanide compounds? Badagnani 21:34, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blanking of lunatus species synonym

The removal of the lunatus species synonym in this edit is not a good idea. Badagnani (talk) 01:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)