What's the difference between red beans and Acacia beans? Are Acacia beans poisonous? What are the specific kinds of red beans?

Red beans grow in the south, spring to send a few branches. May you gather more, this thing is the most missing. This poem is very familiar to us and has a beautiful meaning. Among them Acacia beans many people think that we often eat red beans, in fact, is not oh! So what's the difference between red beans and Acacia beans? Are Acacia Beans Poisonous? What kinds of red beans are there?

Acacia bean is a kind of red bean, they are the same family plants. Acacia beans contain Acacia bean toxin, as long as the wrong swallow 3 micrograms can be killed, touch the eyes and other places, can cause injury, has been used by international terrorists terrorist assassination operations.

Native to tropical regions, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, China. In China, it is distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places. Born in ravines, streams, forests or cultivated in gardens.

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Ormosia is a large group in botany, involving at least three kinds of plants, which are summarized as follows:

1. Fujimoto's thought is not the red bean in Wang Wei's poem (the seed is half red and half black)

Abrus precatorius: legumes. woody vine. The branches are thin and weak. Spring and summer flowers, butterfly corolla, often reddish or purple, racemes. Pods long elliptic. Seeds broadly ovate, upper scarlet, lower black. Tropical asia; also southern china. The seed scientific name chicken mother pearl, has the highly toxic, commonly uses for the Chinese herbal medicine.

2. Evergreen tree red bean tree, alias acacia tree, real red bean, acacia bean (all red seeds)

Ormosia hosiei: Leguminosae. Qiao Mu. Spring flowering, butterfly corolla, white or reddish, panicles. Pods woody, oblong, seeds bright red, shiny. Produced in central and eastern China, for viewing; wood hard heavy, red, beautiful patterns, for excellent carving and joinery timber.

3. Deciduous tree sea red bean, alias acacia tree, real red bean, acacia bean (all red seeds)

Sea red bean (Adenantha pavonina): also known as "Acacia lattice","Acacia tree","Peacock bean". legumes. Deciduous trees. Flowers small, white or yellowish, in narrow racemes. The pod is curved and convoluted when mature. Seeds convex lens, bright red. Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka; also found in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, and eastern Himalayas of China. The wood is hard, the heartwood grain is slightly coarse, and it is resistant to moisture. For excellent shipbuilding materials, but also for construction, furniture, stock and other materials. The seeds are used as ornaments.

4. Red beans, also known as red beans, are vegetable-eating red beans, and love and lovesickness has nothing to do (red seeds)

Phaseolus angularis: also known as "red bean","small bean". legumes. Herbs annual. Yellow or pale gray. Pods glabrous, seeds elliptic or oblong, usually red. native to Asia; widely cultivated in China. Seeds are rich in starch, protein and B vitamins, etc., can be used as food and non-staple food, and can be used for medicinal purposes.

5. Acacia formosana, Acacia sauvignon (dark brown seeds)

Acacia confusa: Leguminosae. Evergreen trees. Up to 15 meters high. April to October flowering, head, flowers golden yellow. Pods banded, compressed. Seeds dark brown, glossy. Distributed in China Taiwan, south of central Fujian and Guangdong, Hainan hills, plain acid land. The wood is solid, fine and durable, and is used for building and making farm implements. Tannin extract can be extracted from tree batch. It is also a street tree and ornamental tree in South China.

6. Taxus, non-leguminous, unrelated to ormosia (all red seeds)

Taxus wallichianazucc: Taxaceae. Evergreen trees. Branchlets turn yellow green or reddish brown in autumn. Seeds flat ovate, each side has an inconspicuous ridge back, surrounded by red fleshy cup-shaped aril. It is endemic to China, distributed in Gansu, Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan and Yunnan. Wood can be used for construction, boat, furniture, appliances and other materials; seed oil.