The difference between lentils and Dutch beans

Lentils are perennial twining vines of the genus Leguminosae, which originated in southwestern Asia and the eastern Mediterranean, and are now cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Dutch beans are annual twining herbs of the genus Pea of Leguminosae. They are mainly edible young pods. They are native to the Mediterranean coast and western Asia. Let's take a look at the difference between lentils and Dutch beans.

The difference of families and genera between lentils and Dutch beans

1. Lentils: lentils are perennial vines of the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, primitive perianth subclass, rose order, rose suborder, Leguminosae, butterfly subfamily, bean family and lentil family.

2. Dutch beans: Dutch beans belong to the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, primitive perianth subclass, rose subclass, rose suborder, Leguminosae, butterfly subfamily, Vicia faba and pea annual twining herbs.

The difference between lentils and Dutch beans

1. Lentils: lentils, also known as lentils, fire sickle lentils, rattan beans, along the hedge beans, magpie beans, check beans, moon vegetables, etc., originated in southwestern Asia and the eastern Mediterranean. China is mainly produced in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

2. Dutch beans: Dutch beans are also known as honey sugar beans, honey beans, green beans, small cold beans, Huai beans, sesame beans, green beans, remaining beans, golden beans, back beans, wheat peas, wheat beans, peas, peas, soft-pod peas, pod peas, sweet beans, lotus kernel beans, green spots, vegetable peas and so on. Sichuan, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Qinghai and other places are the main producing areas in China.

Morphological differences between lentils and Dutch beans

1. Lentils: the whole plant of lentils is almost glabrous, the stem is up to 6 meters long, often lavender, pinnately compound leaves, racemes erect, pods oblong sickle-shaped, seeds flat, long oval, florescence 4-12 months.

2. Dutch beans: the Dutch bean is 90-180 cm high, the whole plant is green, smooth and glabrous, covered with powder, stipules heart-shaped, leaflets ovoid, flowers white or purplish red, solitary or 1-3 arranged in racemose axillary, long oval pods, flowering period from April to May.

The difference of efficacy between lentil and Dutch bean

1. Lentils: lentils taste sweet, flat, return to the stomach meridian, have the effects of invigorating the spleen, harmonizing, tonifying qi, resolving dampness, relieving summer heat, mainly treating spleen deficiency and dampness, eating less, loose stools, dampness and turbid injection, women with too much, summer heat and dampness injury, vomiting, diarrhea and muscle transfer, etc.

2, Dutch beans: Dutch beans taste sweet, sexual flat, return to the spleen and stomach meridian, beneficial to Zhongqi, stop diarrhea, regulate Yingwei, diuresis effect, suitable for diabetes, abdominal distension, lower limb edema, beriberi, maternal milk deficiency and other diseases.