Black bean explained

Black bean commonly refers to:

• Black turtle bean, a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Latin American cuisine

Other edible seeds

• Black adzuki bean, a variety of adzuki bean in Korean cuisine
• Black gram (Vigna mungo), a variety of gram (lentil) in South Asian cuisine
• Black soybean, in East Asian cuisine
  • Fermented black beans (douchi) used in Chinese cuisine
• Kenyan black bean (Lablab purpureus), used in Kenyan cuisine

Other uses

• Castanospermum australe (Moreton Bay Chestnut), a tree with poisonous seeds