Editing Phaseolus acutifolius (section)

== Description ==

The tepary bean is an annual and can be climbing, trailing, or erect, with stems up to {{convert|4|m|ft|abbr=on}} long. The [[Binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]], {{lang|la|acutifolius}}, is derived from [[Latin]] {{lang|la|acutus}} (pointed, acute), and {{lang|la|-folius}} (-leaved).<ref name="Eggli Newton 2004">{{cite encyclopedia
| last1       = Eggli
| first1      = Urs
| last2       = Newton
| first2      = Leonard E.
| title       = acutifolius
| encyclopedia        = Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names
| publisher   = Springer
| location    = Berlin, Heidelberg
| year        = 2004
| page        = 2
| isbn        = 978-3-540-00489-9
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=u2n5vusQ1DEC&pg=PA2
| access-date = 19 November 2018}}</ref> A narrow leafed, variety ''tenuifolius'', and a broader leafed, variety ''latifolius'', are known. Domestic varieties are derived from ''latifolius''. Observation of "a limited number" of wild specimens suggested that "the flowers concur with the summer rains, first appearing in late August, with the pods ripening early in the fall dry season, most of them in October".<ref name="NaFe1978">{{cite journal |author1-surname=Nabhan |author1-given=Gary P. |author-link=Gary Paul Nabhan |author2-surname=Felger |author2-given=Richard S. |title=Teparies in Southwestern North America: A Biogeographical and Ethnohistorical Study of Phaseolus acutifolius |journal=[[Economic Botany]] |volume=32 |issue=1 |date=Jan–Mar 1978 |pages=2–19 |jstor=4253886}}</ref>{{rp|6}} The beans can be of nearly any color. There are many local [[landrace]]s. Beans vary in size but tend to be small. They mature 60 to 120 days after planting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Phaseolus,acutifolius&p=Phaseolus+acutifolius |title=Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray |work=PROTA4U.org |access-date=2012-07-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220034242/http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Phaseolus,acutifolius&p=Phaseolus+acutifolius |archive-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Other names for this native bean include '''Pawi''', '''Pavi''', '''Tepari''', '''Escomite''', '''Yori mui''', '''Yorimuni''' and '''Yori muni'''. The name ''tepary'' may derive from the [[Tohono O'odham]] phrase {{lang|ood|tʼpawi}} or "It's a bean".<ref name="AgIndia">{{cite web |url=http://www.agriculturalproductsindia.com/cereals-pulses/cereals-tepary-bean.html |title=Tepary Bean |publisher=Agro Products |website=agriculturalproductsindia.com |access-date=2012-07-08 |archive-date=2012-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706102537/http://www.agriculturalproductsindia.com/cereals-pulses/cereals-tepary-bean.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name for a small bean was recorded in the 17th century, in the now extinct [[Eudeve language]] of northern Mexico, as '''{{lang|opt|tépar}}''' ([[accusative case]], '''{{lang|opt|tépari}}''').<ref>{{cite book| first= Campbell W. |last= Pennington| year= 1981| title= Arte y vocabulario de la lengua dohema, heve o eudeva| place= Mexico City| publisher= UNAM| language= es| page= 230}}</ref> Names that contain {{lang|opt|yori}} in them typically refer to non-native species of beans, since those names mean "non-Indian person's bean".<ref>{{cite book| first1= Richard Stephen| last1= Felger| first2= Mary |last2= Beck Moser| year= 1985| title= People of the Desert and Sea: Ethnobotany of the Seri Indians| place= Tucson| publisher= University of Arizona Press| page= 342| isbn= }}</ref>