Cyanogenesis in plants. Part III.—On Phaseolunatin, the cyanogenetic glucoside of <i>Phaseolus lunatus</i>

Abstract

Abstract Phaseolus lunatus is an annual plant, probably indigenous to South America, but now generally cultivated throughout the tropics, where its edible bean is used as a vegetable. The plant presents much the same appearance as the common French bean, but the flowers are smaller and more numerous, whilst the pods are crescent-shaped and contain only two or three seeds.