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{{Short description|Species of plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Lima beans
|image = Phaseoulus lunatus.jpg
|image_caption = 
|taxon = Phaseolus lunatus
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|synonyms = 
*''Dolichos tonkinensis'' Bui-Quang-Chieu
*''Phaseolus bipunctatus'' Jacq.
*''Phaseolus ilocanus'' Blanco
*''Phaseolus inamoenus'' L.
*''Phaseolus limensis'' Macfad.
*''Phaseolus lunatus'' var. ''macrocarpus'' (Moench) Benth. 
*''Phaseolus macrocarpus'' Moench
*''Phaseolus portoricensis'' Spreng.
*''Phaseolus puberulus'' Kunth
*''Phaseolus rosei'' Piper
*''Phaseolus saccharatus'' Macfad.
*''Phaseolus tunkinensis'' Lour.
*''Phaseolus vexillatus'' Blanco, nom, illeg, non L.
*''Phaseolus viridis'' Piper
*''Phaseolus xuaresii'' Zuccagni
|synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-2932|title=Phaseolus lunatus L. — The Plant List|work=theplantlist.org}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Lima beans in an illustrated catalogue of seeds (1894) (17802859704).jpg|thumb|right|Lima beans in a seed catalogue, 1894]]

A '''lima bean''' (''Phaseolus lunatus''), also commonly known as '''butter bean''',<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}}</ref> '''sieva bean''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=PHLU2|taxon=Phaseolus lunatus|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref> '''double bean'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Double Beans |url=https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/double-beans-15943495088.html |website=IndiaMART }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |id={{ASIN|B078MDLFC4|country=in}} |title=Splendour Seeds Butter beans,double beans,lima beans vegetable seeds }} {{full citation|date=November 2023}}</ref> or '''Madagascar bean''', is a [[legume]] grown for its edible [[seed]]s or [[bean]]s.

==Origin and uses==
''Phaseolus lunatus'' is found in [[Mesoamerica|Meso]]- and [[South America]]. Two gene pools of cultivated lima beans point to independent [[domestication]] events. The Mesoamerican lima bean is distributed in neotropical lowlands, while the other is found in the western Andes.<ref name="Serrano-Serrano et al 2012" /> They were discovered in Peru and may have been the first plant that was brought up under civilization by the native farmers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lima_Bean |title=Cookbook:Lima Bean - Wikibooks, open books for an open world}}</ref><ref name=leonard>{{cite book |last=Leonard |first=Jonathan Norton |date=1970 |title=Recipes, Latin American cooking |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8SLxAEACAAJ |publisher=Time-Life International (Nederlands) |page= 21 |isbn=9780809400638}}</ref>

The Andes domestication took place around 2000 BC<ref name="motta">{{cite journal |last1=Motta-Aldana |first1=Jenny R. |last2=Serrano-Serrano |first2=Martha L. |last3=Hernández-Torres |first3=Jorge |last4=Castillo-Villamizar |first4=Genis |last5=Debouck |first5=Daniel G. |last6=Chacóns |first6=Maria I. |title=Multiple Origins of Lima Bean Landraces in the Americas: Evidence from Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Polymorphisms |journal=Crop Science |date=September 2010 |volume=50 |issue=5 |pages=1773–1787 |doi=10.2135/cropsci2009.12.0706 }}</ref> and produced a large-seeded variety (lima type), while the second, taking place in Mesoamerica around 800 AD, produced a small-seeded variety (Sieva type).<ref name="motta" /> By around 1300, cultivation had spread north of the [[Rio Grande]], and, in the 1500s, the plant began to be cultivated in the [[Old World]].<ref name="motta" />

The small-seeded (Sieva) type is found distributed from [[Mexico]] to [[Argentina]], generally below {{convert|1600|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level, while the large-seeded wild form (lima type) is found distributed in the north of [[Peru]], from {{convert|320|to|2030|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.

The [[Moche (culture)|Moche]] culture (1–800 CE) cultivated lima beans heavily and often depicted them in their art.<ref>Larco Hoyle, Rafael. ''Los Mochicas''. Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera. Lima 2001. {{ISBN|9972-9341-0-1}}.</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2021}} During the Spanish [[Viceroyalty of Peru]], lima beans were exported to the rest of the Americas and Europe, and since the boxes of such goods had their place of origin labeled "[[Lima, Peru]]", the beans got named as such.<ref name=leonard />
The term "butter bean" is widely used in North and South Carolina for a large, flat and yellow/white variety of lima bean (''P. lunatus'' var. ''macrocarpus'', or ''P. limensis''<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, 45th Edition, various quotations</ref>). In the United States Sieva-type beans are traditionally called butter beans, also otherwise known as the Dixie or Henderson type. In that area, lima beans and butter beans are seen as two distinct types of beans, although they are the same species. In the United Kingdom and the United States, "butter beans" refers to either dried beans which can be purchased to rehydrate, or the canned variety which are ready to use. In culinary use there, lima beans and butter beans are distinct, the former being small and green, the latter large and yellow. In areas where both are considered to be lima beans, the green variety may be labelled as "baby" (and less commonly "junior") limas.

In Spain, it is called ''garrofón'', and constitutes one of the main ingredients of the famous Valencian ''[[paella]]''.

In [[India]], they are called double beans. Dried beans are soaked overnight and [[Pressure cooking|pressure-cooked]] as ingredients in [[curries]].

== Domestication ==
The lima bean is a domesticated species of economic and cultural importance worldwide, especially in Mexico. The species has two varieties. The wild variety is ''silvester'' and the domesticated one is ''lunatus.''<ref name="Serrano-Serrano et al 2012">{{cite journal |last1=Serrano-Serrano |first1=Martha L. |last2=Andueza-Noh |first2=Rubén H. |last3=Martínez-Castillo |first3=Jaime |last4=Debouck |first4=Daniel G. |last5=Chacón S |first5=María I. |title=Evolution and Domestication of Lima Bean in Mexico: Evidence from Ribosomal DNA |journal=Crop Science |date=July 2012 |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=1698–1712 |doi=10.2135/cropsci2011.12.0642 }}</ref>

== Crop ==
In the U.S, it is a warm-season crop, grown mainly in Delaware and the mid-Atlantic region for processing and in the Midwest and California for dry beans. Baby lima beans are planted in early June and harvested about 10–12 weeks later. In [[western New York]] State, baby lima bean production increased greatly from 2011 to 2015.<ref name="Kunjeti et al 2010">{{Cite journal|last1=Kunjeti|first1=S. G.|last2=Donofrio|first2=N. M.|last3=Marsh|first3=A. G.|last4=Meyers|first4=B. C.|last5=Evans|first5=T. A.|date=2010|title=Phytophthora phaseoli, destroyer of lima bean production |journal=Phytopathology|volume=100|issue=6|pages=1}}</ref>

==Cultivation and cultivars==
===Cultivation===

In Oaxaca, Mexico, the main rainy season lasts from June to August and most of the above-ground parts die during dry season. Germination or budding occurs in June or July. The first [[inflorescence]] is in October or November. The production of flowers and fruits usually ends between February and April.<ref name=Heil2004>{{cite journal |last1=Heil |first1=Martin |title=Induction of two indirect defences benefits Lima bean (''Phaseolus lunatus'', Fabaceae) in nature |journal=Journal of Ecology |date=June 2004 |volume=92 |issue=3 |pages=527–536 |doi=10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00890.x |bibcode=2004JEcol..92..527H |doi-access=free }}</ref>

===Cultivars===

Both bush and pole ([[vine]]) [[cultivar]]s exist; the latter range from {{convert|1|to|5|m}} in height. The bush cultivars mature earlier than the pole cultivars. The pods are up to {{convert|15|cm|abbr=on}} long. The mature seeds are {{convert|1|to|3|cm|abbr=on}} long and oval to kidney-shaped. In most cultivars, the seeds are quite flat, but in the "potato" cultivars, the shape approaches spherical. White seeds are common, but black, red, orange, and variously mottled seeds are also known. The immature seeds are uniformly green. Lima beans typically yield {{convert|2900|to|5000|kg|abbr=on}} of seed and {{convert|3000|to|8000|kg|abbr=on}} of [[biomass]] per hectare.

The seeds of the cultivars listed below are white unless otherwise noted.  Closely related or synonymous names are listed on the same line.

====Bush types====
*'Henderson' / 'Thorogreen', 65 days ([[Heirloom plant|heirloom]])
*'Eastland', 68 days
*'Jackson Wonder', 68 days (heirloom, seeds brown mottled with purple)
*'Dixie Butterpea', 75 days (heirloom, two strains are common: red speckled and white seeded)
*'Fordhook 242', 75 days, 1945 [[All-America Selections|AAS]] winner

====Pole types====
*'Carolina Sieva', 75 days (heirloom, suffered a seed crop failure in the years 2011 and 2012 causing this variety to still not be widely sourced ten years later)
*'Christmas' / 'Chestnut' / 'Giant Speckled' / 'Speckled Calico', 78 days (heirloom, seeds white mottled with red)
*'Big 6' / 'Big Mama', 80 days<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2006-04-01/Green-Gazette-Improving-Heirloom-Varieties.aspx | title = Improving Heirloom varieties | work = Mother Earth News | access-date = 2010-01-07}}</ref>
*'Willow Leaf', 80 days (heirloom, there are white-seeded and variously mottled strains)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mv027 | title = Beans, Willow-Leaf Lima—Phaseolus lunatus forma salicis Van Esel| work = University of Florida | access-date = 2017-05-29}}</ref>
*'Mezcla', 82 days
*'King of the Garden', 85 days (heirloom)

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<gallery mode="packed" style="float:left">
File:Lima Bean Time Lapse.webm|''Phaseolus lunatus'' growth, time-lapse
File:Speckled butterbeans.jpg|Speckled butterbeans from [[Jesup, Georgia]]
File:Garrofón. Concurso Internacional de Paella de Sueca 2016 01.jpg|''Garrofón'' beans at a paella contest
File:Phaseolus lunatus MHNT.BOT.2008.1.40.jpg|''Phaseolus lunatus'' cultivar 'Christmas'
</gallery>

== Pathogens/disease ==
''[[Phytophthora phaseoli]]'' is one example of a pathogen of the lima bean. It is an oomycete plant pathogen that causes [[downy mildew]] of lima bean during cool and humid weather conditions. To combat this pathogen, developing lima bean [[cultivar]]s with resistance is a relatively cost-efficient method that is also environmentally safe as compared to using pesticides.<ref name="Kunjeti et al 2010" />

[[Didymellaceae|Didymella]] is a foliar disease found in baby lima beans first reported in New York State. Symptoms include small necrotic tan spots with red to reddish brown irregular margins that come together to eventually cover the entire leaf. Lesions occur after around 3–4 weeks of planting and increase until there is considerable defoliation. Lesions are usually observed on the stems. Two pynidial fungi were found on leaves included ''Didymella'' sp. And ''Boeremia exigua'' var. ''exigua'' which is pathogenic on baby lima bean and plays a role in the foliar disease complex. Other fungal diseases on lima beans with similar symptoms are ''B. exigua'' var. ''exigua'', pod blight caused by ''Diaporthe phaseolorum,'' and leaf spots caused by ''Phyllosticta'' sp. and ''Phoma'' ''subcircinata.''<ref name="Gorny et al 2016">{{cite journal |last1=Gorny |first1=Adrienne M. |last2=Kikkert |first2=Julie R. |last3=Shivas |first3=Roger G. |last4=Pethybridge |first4=Sarah J. |title=First report of Didymella americana on baby lima bean (''Phaseolus lunatus'') |journal=Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology |date=2 July 2016 |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=389–394 |doi=10.1080/07060661.2016.1195877 |s2cid=88592578 }}</ref>

== Predators/hosts ==
The two-spotted spider mites<ref name=pmid23011105>{{cite journal |last1=Choh |first1=Yasuyuki |last2=Ozawa |first2=Rika |last3=Takabayashi |first3=Junji |title=Do plants use airborne cues to recognize herbivores on their neighbours? |journal=Experimental and Applied Acarology |date=March 2013 |volume=59 |issue=3 |pages=263–273 |doi=10.1007/s10493-012-9616-z |pmid=23011105 |s2cid=18086635 }}</ref> or [[Tetranychus urticae|''Tetranychus'' ''urticae'']] lay eggs on lima bean leaves. It prefers lima bean plants as a host food source over other plants such as tomato or cabbage plants.<ref name=pmid17102994>{{cite journal |last1=Choh |first1=Yasuyuki |last2=Takabayashi |first2=Junji |title=Predator avoidance in phytophagous mites: response to present danger depends on alternative host quality |journal=Oecologia |date=16 February 2007 |volume=151 |issue=2 |pages=262–267 |doi=10.1007/s00442-006-0590-1 |pmid=17102994 |bibcode=2007Oecol.151..262C |s2cid=26065975 }}</ref>

Spider mites pose the greatest threat to the lima bean plants as compared to other species such as the Common cutworm (''[[Spodoptera litura]]'') that are also known to feed on lima bean plants. They are host plants for their larvae.<ref name=pmid23011105/>

One herbivore of lima bean is ''[[Spodoptera littoralis]]'', the African cotton leafworm. An attack by this herbivore induces hydrogen peroxide in the leaves. This may be also advantageous to defend against pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, or viruses, as they can easily invade herbivore-infected leaves.<ref name=pmid16443697>{{cite journal |last1=Maffei |first1=Massimo E. |last2=Mithöfer |first2=Axel |last3=Arimura |first3=Gen-Ichiro |last4=Uchtenhagen |first4=Hannes |last5=Bossi |first5=Simone |last6=Bertea |first6=Cinzia M. |last7=Cucuzza |first7=Laura Starvaggi |last8=Novero |first8=Mara |last9=Volpe |first9=Veronica |last10=Quadro |first10=Stefano |last11=Boland |first11=Wilhelm |title=Effects of Feeding Spodoptera littoralis on Lima Bean Leaves. III. Membrane Depolarization and Involvement of Hydrogen Peroxide |journal=Plant Physiology |date=March 2006 |volume=140 |issue=3 |pages=1022–1035 |doi=10.1104/pp.105.071993 |pmid=16443697 |pmc=1400574 }}</ref>

Other predatory insects include ants, wasps, flies<ref name="Kost & Heil 2005">{{cite journal |last1=Kost |first1=Christian |last2=Heil |first2=Martin |title=Increased availability of extrafloral nectar reduces herbivory in Lima bean plants (Phaseolus lunatus, Fabaceae) |journal=Basic and Applied Ecology |date=June 2005 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=237–248 |doi=10.1016/j.baae.2004.11.002 }}</ref> and beetles.<ref name=pmid19424497>{{cite journal |last1=Ballhorn |first1=Daniel J. |last2=Kautz |first2=Stefanie |last3=Heil |first3=Martin |last4=Hegeman |first4=Adrian D. |title=Cyanogenesis of Wild Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) Is an Efficient Direct Defence in Nature |journal=PLOS ONE |date=8 May 2009 |volume=4 |issue=5 |pages=e5450 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0005450 |pmid=19424497 |pmc=2675055 |bibcode=2009PLoSO...4.5450B }}</ref>

== Defenses ==
Lima beans use extrafloral nectar (EFN) secretion when exposed to volatiles from other plants infested by herbivore species. Producing EFN can be an indirect defense since it supplies enemies of herbivores with an alternative food source. The predator of lima bean, spider mites, also have their own predators, the carnivorous mite ''Phytoseiulus persimilis''. These predatory mites use EFN as an alternative food source and thus the production of this by the lima bean can attract ''P. persimilis'' and thus deter their herbivore hosts.<ref name=pmid23011105/>

The main induced defense of the lima bean is the Jasmonic acid pathway. Jasmonic acid induces production of extrafloral nectar flow or induces it when herbivory occurs such as when attacked by spider mites.<ref name="Kost & Heil 2005"/>

One direct chemical defense involves [[cyanogenesis]] which is the release of hydrogen cyanide when the cell senses damage. Cyanide acts as a repellent on leaves of the lima bean.<ref name=pmid19424497/>

==Plant behavior==
''Phaseolus lunatus'' has adapted to live in many different climates around the world.<ref>Maffei, Massimo E and Boland, Wilhelm. "The Silent Scream of the Lima Bean." ''Congress Report'', Chemical Ecology, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265947933_The_Silent_Scream_of_the_Lima_Bean</ref> One of these adaptations includes a particularly effective induced herbivory defense. The lima bean is able to signal to the carnivorous natural enemy of herbivores, the carnivorous mite, mediated by HIPVs (Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles) in an attempt to save itself from further predation.<ref name="Arimura">{{cite journal |last1=Arimura |first1=G.-I. |last2=Matsui |first2=K. |last3=Takabayashi |first3=J. |title=Chemical and Molecular Ecology of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles: Proximate Factors and Their Ultimate Functions |journal=Plant and Cell Physiology |date=1 May 2009 |volume=50 |issue=5 |pages=911–923 |doi=10.1093/pcp/pcp030 |pmid=19246460 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

The lima bean plant does this as an induced defense when being eaten by herbivorous predators. It is the mechanical wounding and chemical elicitors from insect oral secretions that first begin the signaling pathway to induce HIPV production.<ref name="Viv">{{cite journal |last1=Vivaldo |first1=Gianna |last2=Masi |first2=Elisa |last3=Taiti |first3=Cosimo |last4=Caldarelli |first4=Guido |last5=Mancuso |first5=Stefano |title=The network of plants volatile organic compounds |journal=Scientific Reports |date=8 September 2017 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=11050 |doi=10.1038/s41598-017-10975-x |pmid=28887468 |pmc=5591229 |arxiv=1704.08062 |bibcode=2017NatSR...711050V }}</ref> Once this pathway is induced, the plant produces HIPVs which are released in to the air and can be received by any organisms that have receptors capable of receiving HIPVs, which includes: carnivores, conspecific and heterospecific herbivores, as well as neighboring plants.<ref name="Arimura" /> It is this signaling of the carnivorous natural enemy of herbivores that is of particular interest, as they become attracted to the plant and will then come and prey upon the plant's herbivorous enemy, thereby reducing herbivory of the plant.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hettenhausen |first1=Christian |last2=Li |first2=Juan |last3=Zhuang |first3=Huifu |last4=Sun |first4=Huanhuan |last5=Xu |first5=Yuxing |last6=Qi |first6=Jinfeng |last7=Zhang |first7=Jingxiong |last8=Lei |first8=Yunting |last9=Qin |first9=Yan |last10=Sun |first10=Guiling |last11=Wang |first11=Lei |last12=Baldwin |first12=Ian T. |last13=Wu |first13=Jianqiang |title=Stem parasitic plant Cuscuta australis (dodder) transfers herbivory-induced signals among plants |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=8 August 2017 |volume=114 |issue=32 |pages=E6703–E6709 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1704536114 |pmid=28739895 |pmc=5559024 |bibcode=2017PNAS..114E6703H |doi-access=free }}</ref>

One particular experiment in which this was made apparent was in the understanding of the tritrophic system between the lima bean plant, two-spotted spider mite, and the carnivorous mite.<ref name="Arimura" /> Here experimenters noticed an increase in HIPVs when the lima bean plant was preyed on by the two-spotted spider mite.<ref name="Arimura" /> Then, when the carnivorous mite was introduced, it had increased prey searching efficacy and overall attraction to the lima bean plant, even once the two-spotted spider mite was removed, but the HIPVs remained high.<ref name="Arimura" />

== Toxicity ==
Like many beans, raw lima beans are [[toxic]] (containing e.g. [[phytohaemagglutinin]]) if not boiled for at least 10 minutes. Canned beans can be eaten without having to be boiled first, as they are pre-cooked.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Adeparusi |first1=E. O. |title=Effect of processing on the nutrients and anti-nutrients of lima bean (''Phaseolus lunatus'' L.) flour |journal=Food/Nahrung |date=2001 |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=94–96 |doi=10.1002/1521-3803(20010401)45:2<94::AID-FOOD94>3.0.CO;2-E |pmid=11379294 }}</ref>

The lima bean can contain [[antinutrient|anti-nutrients]] like [[phytic acid]]s, [[saponin]], [[oxalate]], [[tannin]], and [[trypsin inhibitors|trypsin inhibitor]]. These inhibit absorption of nutrients in animals and can cause damage to some organs. In addition to boiling, methods of roasting, pressure cooking, soaking, and germination can also reduce the antinutrients significantly.<ref name="Jayalaxmi et al 2015" />

== Nutrition ==
{{Infobox nutritional value 
| name            = Lima beans, cooked, no salt
| kJ              = 482
| protein         = 7.8 g
| fat             = 0.38 g
| carbs           = 20.88 g
| fiber           = 7 g
| sugars          = 2.9 g
| calcium_mg      = 17
| iron_mg         = 2.39
| magnesium_mg    = 43
| phosphorus_mg   = 111
| potassium_mg    = 508
| sodium_mg       = 2
| zinc_mg         = 0.95
| manganese_mg    = 0.516
| opt1n           = [[Fluoride]]
| opt1v           = 2.2 µg
| thiamin_mg      = 0.161
| riboflavin_mg   = 0.055
| niacin_mg       = 0.421
| pantothenic_mg  = 0.422
| vitB6_mg        = 0.161
| folate_ug       = 83
| vitE_mg         = 0.18
| vitK_ug         = 2
| float           = right
| source_usda     = 1
| note=[https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174253/nutrients Link to USDA Database entry]
}}

The most abundant mineral in the raw lima bean is potassium, followed by calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, and iron. When lima beans germinate, there is increased [[bioavailability]] of calcium and phosphorus.<ref name="Jayalaxmi et al 2015">{{cite journal |last1=Jayalaxmi |first1=Baddi |last2=Vijayalakshmi |first2=D. |last3=Usha |first3=Ravindra |last4=Revanna |first4=M. L. |last5=Chandru |first5=R. |last6=Gowda |first6=P. H. Ramanjini |title=Effect of different processing methods on proximate, mineral and antinutrient content of lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) seeds |journal=Legume Research |date=21 December 2015 |issue=OF |doi=10.18805/lr.v0iOF.7108 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Additionally, it is a good source of vitamin B6.<ref name="Ekanayake & Nelson 1990">{{cite journal |last1=Ekanayake |first1=Athula |last2=Nelson |first2=Philip E. |title=Effect of Thermal Processing on Lima Bean Vitamin B-6 Availability |journal=Journal of Food Science |date=January 1990 |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=154–157 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2621.1990.tb06040.x }}</ref>

== Uses ==
=== Culinary ===
[[File:Lima bean cans.jpg|thumb|Canned beans]]
Lima beans, like many other legumes, are a good source of dietary fiber, and a virtually fat-free source of high-quality protein.

Lima beans contain both soluble fiber, which helps regulate blood sugar levels and lowers cholesterol, and insoluble fiber, which aids in the prevention of [[constipation]], digestive disorders, [[irritable bowel syndrome]], and [[diverticulitis]].

=== Medical ===
==== Blood sugar level ====
The high fiber content in lima beans prevents blood sugar levels from rising too rapidly after eating them due to the presence of those large amounts of absorption-slowing compounds in the beans, and the high soluble fiber content. Soluble fiber absorbs water in the stomach, forming a gel that slows down the absorption of the bean's carbohydrates. They can therefore help balance blood sugar levels while providing steady, slow-burning energy, which makes them a good choice for people with diabetes suffering with insulin resistance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Chelsey |title=How to Regulate Your Blood Sugar—Naturally |url=https://www.alive.com/health/5-natural-blood-sugar-regulators/ |work=Alive |date=1 November 2015 }}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2021}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chandalia |first1=Manisha |last2=Garg |first2=Abhimanyu |last3=Lutjohann |first3=Dieter |last4=von Bergmann |first4=Klaus |last5=Grundy |first5=Scott M. |last6=Brinkley |first6=Linda J. |title=Beneficial Effects of High Dietary Fiber Intake in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |date=11 May 2000 |volume=342 |issue=19 |pages=1392–1398 |doi=10.1056/NEJM200005113421903 |pmid=10805824 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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==References==
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== External links ==
{{Sister project links |auto=no |c=yes |cookbook=Lima Bean |n=no |q=no |s=no |species=yes |v=no |wikt=no}}
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Phaseolus+lunatus&CAN=COMIND Plants For A Future: Database Search Results]
* [http://www.gene.affrc.go.jp/htbin/plant/image/get_logo_e?plno=54239004 Illustrated Legume Genetic Resources Database]
* [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Phaseolus.html#dic8.0 Sorting Phaseolus Names]
* [http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife/folklife_cd2.cfm Recording of a song called "Butter Beans" from the Florida Folklife Collection (made available for public use from the State Archives of Florida)]
* USDA National Agricultural Library [https://nalgc.nal.usda.gov/lima-beans Lima Bean Digital Exhibit]

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APNI ID: Statement: P1630
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Atlas of Florida Plants ID: Statement: P1630
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World Flora Online ID: Statement: P1630
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Encyclopedia of Life ID: Statement: P1630
GBIF taxon ID: Statement: P1630
Open Tree of Life ID: Statement: P1630
Tropicos ID: Statement: P1630
IPNI plant ID: Statement: P1630
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