Then you are invited to work through the OWL's handouts on APA Formatting and Writing Style, as well as APA Citations and Reference Lists. NOTE: This workshop should answer most of your basic questions about using APA Style.
Answer Wiki. The common bean appears to be Mesoamerican in origin, on the slopes of the western Andes (around Ecuador and Peru). (Page on pnas.org) The common bean then spread from this area to the rest of South America and up to Central and North America. Broad beans (favas) are native to North Africa and Southwest Asia and spread from there.
Geography. The broad bean originated in the Mediterranean, probably in North Africa. By 6,500 B.C. it was being used in Israel and much of the Middle East, an area that continues to regard the broad bean as a staple food. From there its use spread east and west, into India and southern Europe.