The borlotti bean is a variety of

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(''Phaseolus vulgaris'') first bred in Colombia as the ''cargamanto''. It is also known as the cranberry bean, Roman bean, romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a

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also called "romano bean"), saluggia bean, gadhra bean or rosecoco bean. The bean is a medium to large tan or hazelnut-colored bean splashed or streaked with red, magenta or black. Saluggia beans are regional, a borlotti bean named after Saluggia in northern

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for marketing purposes and where they have been grown since the early 1900s.

Characteristics

The borlotti bean is a variety of the cranberry bean bred in Italy to have a thicker skin. It is used in Italian, Portuguese (Catarino bean), Turkish, and Greek cuisine. The cranberry bean looks similar to the

pinto bean The pinto bean () is a variety of common bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris''). In Spanish they are called , literally "painted bean" (compare pinto horse). It is the most popular bean by crop production in Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United ...

, but cranberry beans are larger and have big maroon specks on a creamy white background, more like Great Northern beans. After cooking, however, the specks vanish and the beans take on a more even, darker color. Barbunya, çiğ ve haşlanmış

A new cranberry bean variety, 'Crimson', is light tan speckled with maroon. It is resistant to

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and has a high yield. Crimson cranberrybeans

Cultivars

References

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