Red bean explained

Red bean is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

• Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis), commonly used in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisine, particularly as red bean paste
• Kidney bean, red variety of Phaseolus vulgaris, commonly used in Indian and African American cuisine, such as red beans and rice.
• Vigna umbellata, a species of legume whose seeds are red
• Dysoxylum rufum, a rainforest tree in the Mahogany family
• Didymocheton muelleri, a rainforest tree

See also

• Red Beans (album), a 1976 album by Jimmy McGriff
• Pinto bean, a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)