Chinese / Thai Green Yard Long Beans - Heirloom Vegetable - Vigna sesquipedalis - 5 Seeds Soil Enhancers Some species are known by

Some species are known by the name century plant

leaf-like structure or sheath around the stem at each node

long rigid stemmed 40cm cut flowers

"Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory

and 'Crown of Thorns'

Chinese / Thai Green Yard Long Beans - Heirloom Vegetable - Vigna sesquipedalis - 5 Seeds Soil Enhancers Some species are known byDespite the name, the pods are actually only about half a yard long; the subspecies name sesquipedalis (one and a half foot long) is a rather exact approximation of the pods' length. This plant is of a different genus than the common bean. It is a vigorous climbing annual vine. A variety of the cowpea, it is grown primarily for its strikingly long (35 75 cm) immature pods and has uses very similar to that of a green bean. The pods, which begin to form