Red bean is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis), commonly used in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisine, particularly as red bean paste Kidney bean, red variety of Phaseolus vulgaris, commonly used in Indian and North American cuisine, such as chili con carne. Vigna umbellata, a species of legume whose seeds are red Dysoxylum rufum, a rainforest tree in the Mahogany family Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle, a rainforest tree See also Red Beans (album), a 1976 album by Jimmy McGrif