Editing Lima bean (section)

==Cultivation and cultivars==
===Cultivation===

In [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, the main rainy season lasts from June to August, and most of the above-ground parts die during the dry season. Germination or budding occurs in June or July.  The first [[inflorescence]] is in October or November. The production of flowers and fruits usually ends between February and April.<ref name=Heil2004>{{cite journal |last1=Heil |first1=Martin |title=Induction of two indirect defences benefits Lima bean (''Phaseolus lunatus'', Fabaceae) in nature |journal=Journal of Ecology |date=June 2004 |volume=92 |issue=3 |pages=527–536 |doi=10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00890.x |bibcode=2004JEcol..92..527H |doi-access=free }}</ref>

===Cultivars===

Both bush and pole ([[vine]]) [[cultivar]]s exist; the latter range from {{convert|1|to|5|m}} in height. The bush cultivars mature earlier than the pole cultivars. The pods are up to {{convert|15|cm|abbr=on}} long. The mature seeds are {{convert|1|to|3|cm|abbr=on}} long and oval to kidney-shaped. In most cultivars, the seeds are quite flat, but in the "potato" cultivars, the shape approaches spherical. White seeds are common, but black, red, orange, and variously mottled seeds are also known. The immature seeds are uniformly green. Lima beans typically yield {{convert|2900|to|5000|kg|abbr=on}} of seed and {{convert|3000|to|8000|kg|abbr=on}} of [[biomass]] per hectare.

The seeds of the cultivars listed below are white unless otherwise noted.  Closely related or synonymous names are listed on the same line.

====Bush types====
*'Henderson' / 'Thorogreen', 65 days ([[Heirloom plant|heirloom]])
*'Eastland', 68 days
*'Jackson Wonder', 68 days (heirloom, seeds brown mottled with purple)
*'Dixie Butterpea', 75 days (heirloom, two strains are common: red speckled and white seeded)
*'Fordhook 242', 75 days, 1945 [[All-America Selections|AAS]] winner

====Pole types====
*'Carolina Sieva', 75 days (heirloom, suffered a seed crop failure in the years 2011 and 2012, causing this variety to still not be widely sourced ten years later)
*'Christmas' / 'Chestnut' / 'Giant Speckled' / 'Speckled Calico', 78 days (heirloom, seeds white mottled with red)
*'Big 6' / 'Big Mama', 80 days<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2006-04-01/Green-Gazette-Improving-Heirloom-Varieties.aspx | title = Improving Heirloom varieties | work = Mother Earth News | access-date = 2010-01-07}}</ref>
*'Willow Leaf', 80 days (heirloom, there are white-seeded and variously mottled strains)<ref>{{cite web |url = http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mv027 |title = Beans, Willow-Leaf Lima—Phaseolus lunatus forma salicis Van Esel |work = University of Florida |access-date = 2017-05-29 |archive-date = 2017-01-06 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170106203531/http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mv027 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
*'Mezcla', 82 days
*'King of the Garden', 85 days (heirloom)

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File:Lima Bean Time Lapse.webm|''Phaseolus lunatus'' growth, time-lapse
File:Speckled butterbeans.jpg|Speckled butterbeans from [[Jesup, Georgia]]
File:Garrofón. Concurso Internacional de Paella de Sueca 2016 01.jpg|''Garrofón'' beans at a paella contest
File:Phaseolus lunatus MHNT.BOT.2008.1.40.jpg|''Phaseolus lunatus'' cultivar 'Christmas'
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