This includes plants in the botanic genus Phaseolus, including the common (French) beans, climbing beans, and kidney beans. It exludes Field Beans (Vicia), and other legumes not in the genus Phaseolus.
Peanuts (also called groundnuts outside North America), are an important legume field crop in much of the warmer parts of the world. Botanic name is Arachis hypogea L.