Yardlong Bean: Green Pod Kaohsiung
(Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)

Yardlong beans are an annual, vining or bushy, subspecies of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) that produce elongated pods up to 1 m long. Green pods and seeds are eaten as a fresh vegetable and the plants are also used as fodder, green manure, or cover crop.

A heat and wet-tolerant variety that produces long, slender dark green pods. 55 days to harvest. Trellis the vines for easier harvest. Black seeded.