Winged Beans (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) are the major food crop of the South and Southeast Asia tropics! This incredible legume is wholly edible, the beans are eaten like soy beans, the leaves like spinach, and the roots like potatoes. A crop by many names, Winged Beans are also called dragon beans, horned beans, four angled beans, asparagus beans, or goa beans and known in other countries as Sigarilyas, Chathura Payar, Äáºu rồng, Bayum, shikaku mame, and urizun. The 6-8 inch long waxy, frilled bean pods grow on 10-13 feet long vines and bloom edible pale blue flowers.
Urizun Japanese Bean
Minimum 15 seeds per package.
The fruit is about 3 inches—almost the size of a peach—with a yellow rind and fruity-tasting white flesh. They start out green and then turn yellow as they ripen.
You can spot a perfectly ripe melon in the same way you would a mango. It should feel heavier than it looks and have a slightly sweet aroma. Press gently on the end furthest from the stem—this should be slightly soft. Most of mine pulled away from the vine very easily.