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P01-047
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Basic Collection Information and Status
Tepary Bean (Phaseolus acutifolius, Fabaceae)
Cultural Affiliation Mestizo-possibly OpataCollection Site Sonora, Mexico (latitude: 30°; altitude: 2,500 ft / 800 m)
Collection Year 1996
Accession Status Active
Catalog Information and Instructions
Cumpas WhitePT110
From Cumpas, Sonora where Opata descendants still live. Common in the markets of the region as it is a popular staple food.
Current availability of this variety is summarized below. We encourage the use of these seeds to benefit humanity and strive to facilitate access through a number of channels.
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Collection Site
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Photographs
The Native Seeds/SEARCH digital photo collection for this accession is provided below.
Characterization and Evaluation
The table below lists observations of this accession's characteristics (why are characters sometimes listed more than once
?For some accessions, observations of a particular trait have been recorded over more than one season or location; these are indicated by the different values in the Lot column.
).| Character | Observation | Lot, Frequency and Comments | Character Description (Source and Code) |
|---|---|---|---|
| corolla color | White | lot: CF '03 | Wings and standard: recorded at full blossom at about 8.00 - 10.00 h (Bioversity 4.2.1: 1) |
| days to 50% flower | 43 | lot: CF '03 | |
| days to first flower | 43 | lot: CF '03 | |
| days to major harvest | 104 | lot: CF '03 | |
| leaflet shape | Lanceolate | lot: CF '03 | Measured on the terminal leaflet of the third trifoliate leaf, to obtain a ratio between the length (l) and width (w). Treat shallowly lobed leaflets as a separate category. (Bioversity 4.1.1: 3) |
| mature pod color | Yellow | lot: CF '03 | (Bioversity 4.2.2: 1) |
| number of seeds per pod | 4.55 | lot: CF '03 | Mean of 20 randomly chosen pods from same plant (Bioversity 4.3.8) |
| plant type | Indeterminate with prostrate branches | lot: CF '03 | (Bioversity 4.1.2: 3) |
| pod curvature | Very slightly curved | lot: CF '03 | Of fully expanded immature pod (Bioversity 4.2.3: 4) |
| pod dehiscence | Very minor shattering; very weakly dehiscent | lot: CF '03 | For the majority of 20 randomly sampled pods at dry maturity (Bioversity 4.2.4: 4) |
| pod shattering in the field | Present | lot: CF '03 | (Bioversity 6.2.10: YES) |
| relative abundance (primary) | 1 | lot: CF '03 | |
| seed coat pattern (primary) | Mottle absent | lot: CF '03 | (Bioversity 4.3.2: 0) |
| seed color (primary) | White | lot: CF '03 | If mottled, the dark background colour (Bioversity 4.3.1: 1) |
| seed pattern color (primary) | Mottle absent | lot: CF '03 | Color of mottle (Bioversity 4.3.3: 0) |
| seed shape (primary) | Round oval | lot: CF '03 | Taken from middle of pod. (Bioversity 4.3.5: 2) |
| Tepary Bean Introduction | Cultivation Instructions | Seed Saving Instructions |
|---|---|---|
| Cultivated in the Southwest for millenia, teparies mature quickly and are tolerant of the low desert heat, drought and alkaline soils. | Plant seeds 1/2" deep and 4" apart with the summer rains. If rains are sparse, irrigate when plants look stressed. They do not tolerate overwatering. Teparies may carry bean mosaic virus, do not plant near other types of beans. | A self-pollinating annual. Harvest pods as they dry. Be careful: mature pods will pop open and drop seeds if left on the plant. An alternative is to harvest the whole plants when pods are turning brown, allow them to dry on a sheet, then thresh and winnow seeds. |
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