Black bean commonly refers to:
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Black turtle bean, a variety of common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris) in Latin American cuisine
Other edible seeds
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Black adzuki bean, a variety of adzuki bean in Korean cuisine
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Black gram ( Vigna mungo), a variety of gram (lentil) in South Asian cuisine
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Black soybean, in East Asian cuisine
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Fermented black beans ( douchi) used in Chinese cuisine
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Kenyan black bean ( Lablab purpureus), used in Kenyan cuisine
Plants
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Castanospermum australe, also known as Moreton Bay Chestnut, a rainforest and ornamental tree named for its large seeds which are poisonous raw, but have been processed into an edible flour by Indigenous Australians
