lima+beans

Lima Beans //Phasleolus lunatas//

I have chosen a vegetable and the part to make the vegetable is the seed. Five interesting facts of lima beans are: Lima beans grow in temperatures of 60-80 degrees fahrenheit. Lima beans need 1 inch of water per week. Lima bans also need light loamy soil. Lima beans grow from May 20th-June 20th., and takes 65-75 days to grow mature. Lima beans grow natively in Central and South America and non native to the United States.
 * 1) Named after Lima, Peru
 * 2) Was cultivated in 6000 b.c.
 * 3) Raw lima beans contain cyanide which if eaten can be fatal.
 * 4) Lima beans help people with a sensitivity to sulfites.
 * 5) Native americans were growing lima beans before English settlers landed