Heirloom Seeds
Taiwan Yard Long Bean
Latin Name:
Vigna unguiculata Taiwan Yard LongThis is a true “yard long” bean that can easily reach over 3 feet in length! Known for their extraordinary length beans can grow up to thirty inches in length but for best flavor and texture should be harvested when between twelve and eighteen inches. Get high yields from a small space; the vines set a heavy crop of these delicious pods that will amaze your friends. The yard long bean is a top vegetable in Southeast Asia, especially in Taiwan, southern China, and Bangladesh. They have superior flavor to common beans, are great stir fried.
This rare variety was brought to America by a Taiwanese immigrant around 1970. This crop was recorded in Chinese literature as early as the Song Dynasty in 1008 CE, though China as the origin of long bean is not completely established. This crop is also considered to have originated from tropical Africa because wild species of Vigna can be found there (Yamaguchi 1983).
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