Dutch bean: large, also known as lotus seed bean and sword bean, mainly eats tender pods, which are crispy and have high nutritional value. Holland is 90- 180 cm high, the whole plant is green, smooth and hairless, covered with frost, the stipules are heart-shaped, the leaflets are oval, the flowers are white or purplish red, the solitary or 1-3 flowers are arranged in an axillary shape, the pods are oblong, and the flowering period is-May.

Lentil: oblate or oblate. The surface is yellowish white or yellowish, smooth, slightly shiny and hard. The seed coat is thin and crisp, slightly gassy, light in taste, and has bean smell when chewing. The lentil plant is almost hairless, the stem length can reach 6 meters, it is often lavender, pinnately compound leaves, erect racemes, oblong sickle pods, flat and oblong seeds, and the flowering period is April-65438+February.

Extended data

Dutch bean is an annual twining herb of Pisum in Papilionaceae, with a height of 90 ~ 180 cm. The earliest cultivation area of Dutch beans was around the Thai-Myanmar border about 12000 years ago. Dutch beans are not produced in the Netherlands, so they are called Dutch beans because the Dutch brought them to China from their country of origin.

Lentils like warm, humid and sunny environment. The suitable germination temperature of their seeds is 22-23℃, their plants can tolerate the high temperature of about 35℃, their roots are developed and strong, they are drought-tolerant, and they have good adaptability to all kinds of soils. Planting on sandy soil or loam with good drainage can significantly improve the yield, and can be planted by rivers, fields and houses, but not in low-lying land and saline-alkali land.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lentils Baidu Encyclopedia-Dutch beans