cranberry bean

{{Short description|Species of legume}}

{{Infobox cultivar

| name = Cranberry bean

| image=200px

| species = Phaseolus vulgaris

| marketing_names = Borlotti bean, cranberry bean, Roman bean, saluggia bean and rosecoco bean

| origin = North and South America

}}

{{Infobox nutritional value

| name = Borlotti beans, raw

| image = File:Beans in Ventimiglia.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Fresh borlotti beans

| kJ = 1458

| carbs = 60.05 g

| sugars = 2.4 g

| fiber = 24.7 g

| fat = 1.23 g

| satfat = 0.244 g

| protein = 23.03 g

| sodium_mg = 6

| source_usda = 1

}}

The cranberry bean is a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) first bred in Colombia as the cargamanto.{{cite book|title=Heirloom Beans|last1=Sando|first1=Steve|last2=Barrington|first2=Vanessa|publisher=Chronicle Books|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8118-6069-7|page=15}} It is also known as the Borlotti bean, Roman bean, romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), saluggia bean, gadhra bean or rosecoco bean.{{cite book|title=The Choice Guide to Food|date=2011|publisher=UNSW Press|location=Sydney|isbn=9781742241012|page=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8U4mzzG0P0AC&dq=rosecoco+bean+borlotti&pg=PA46|accessdate=19 February 2016}} The bean is a medium to large tan or hazelnut-colored bean splashed or streaked with red, magenta or black.

Saluggia beans are regional, a borlotti bean named after Saluggia in northern Italy for marketing purposes and where they have been grown since the early 1900s.{{cite web|title=Storia legumi (part 2)|url=http://www.provincia.asti.gov.it/modulistica/doc_download/7794-storialegumiparte2|website=Provincia di Asti|access-date=19 February 2016|page=108|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301061838/http://www.provincia.asti.gov.it/modulistica/doc_download/7794-storialegumiparte2|archive-date=1 March 2016|url-status=dead}}