Only the ripe seeds are marketed. All plants are of bush type. They are usually cut or pulled when most pods are ripe, then vines and pods are allowed to dry before threshing. The Tepary bean P. acutifolius , is native to southwestern U.S. and Mexico and long grown by the Indians there. It is highly heat and drought resistant, but eating quality is less desirable than P. vulgaris .
Culture is similar to that of other dry or field beans.