What is Lima bean?
{{speciesbox |name = Lima beans |image = Phaseoulus lunatus.jpg |image_caption = |taxon = Phaseolus lunatus |authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |synonyms = *''Dolichos tonkinensis'' <small>Bui-Quang-Chieu</small> *''Phaseolus bipunctatus'' <small>Jacq.</small> *''Phaseolus ilocanus'' <small>Blanco</small> *''Phaseolus inamoenus'' <small>L.</small> *''Phaseolus limensis'' <small>Macfad.</small> *''Phaseolus lunatus'' var. ''macrocarpus'' <small>(Moench) Benth. </small> *''Phaseolus macrocarpus'' <small>Moench</small> *''Phaseolus portoricensis'' <small>Spreng.</small> *''Phaseolus puberulus'' <small>Kunth</small> *''Phaseolus rosei'' <small>Piper</small> *''Phaseolus saccharatus'' <small>Macfad.</small> *''Phaseolus tunkinensis'' <small>Lour.</small> *''Phaseolus vexillatus'' <small>Blanco</small>, nom, illeg, non <small>L.</small> *''Phaseolus viridis'' <small>Piper</small> *''Phaseolus xuaresii'' <small>Zuccagni</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-2932|title=Phaseolus lunatus L. — The Plant List|work=theplantlist.org|access-date=2020-06-04|archive-date=2019-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308003006/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-2932|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} [[File:Lima beans in an illustrated catalogue of seeds (1894) (17802859704).jpg|thumb|right|Lima beans in a seed catalogue, 1894]] The '''lima bean''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|aɪ|m|ə}}) (''Phaseolus lunatus''), also known as the '''butter bean''',<ref name=BSBI07>{{cite web |title=BSBI List 2007 |publisher=Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland |url=http://www.bsbi.org.uk/BSBIList2007.xls |format=xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023044910/http://www.bsbi.org.uk/BSBIList2007.xls |archive-date=2014-10-23 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> '''sieva bean''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=PHLU2|taxon=Phaseolus lunatus|accessdate=31 January 2016}}</ref> '''double Bean'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/double-beans-15943495088.html | title=Doub