Plant Information

Common Name: RUNNER BEANS - WITSA
Scientific Name: Phaseolus vulgaris

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Description

• Annual
• Witsa is a very prolific pole snap bean.
• This heirloom bean is a South African bean developed in 1951 from a cross between 'Green Savage' and 'St. Louis Perfection'.
• It is a very long, tender podded, stringless bean with good disease resistance and outstanding productivity.
• Witsa is also very tender with a low fiber content.
• It is great tasting, high yielding and long-lived.
• A strong climber and trellished very easily.
• Identifying true Witsa: white flowers, unremarkable white seeds and pod size can get up to the diameter of a disposable plate.

Culinary Uses

• Witsa can be cooked as an accompaniment to meat and other dishes.
• It can be served cold in salads or stirfried with other vegetables.
• Witsa freeze well - and should be used within 12 months.

Parts Used

• The pods.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Pole Snap Beans are an important source of proteins, minerals (iron and zinc) and vitamins.
• One cup of beans per day is said to lower cholesterol by about 12%.

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