Dragon tongue bean


Dragon tongue bean, or dragon tongue shelling bean, is young green bean of cranberry bean, pinto bean in the species Phaseolus vulgaris.

Characteristics

Dragon tongue bean is a flavorful, juicy bean whose seeds are encased in a buffed colorful pod with mottled burgundy patterns throughout the shell's surface. The shelled beans are pale pistachio green in color, their size, petite, and their shape, ovate and slightly curved.

Uses

Dragon tongue bean can be harvested, picked and used for their pods as well as for their seeds like a green bean or allowed to mature into a shell bean for using their seeds only.