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The Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), including the cultivar ‘Contender’, originated in the Americas, specifically in two major centers of domestication:
* **Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America)**
* **The Andes Mountains of South America (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina)**
‘Contender’ is a modern cultivar developed through breeding programs and therefore doesn’t have a specific native location in the traditional sense. However, its genetic ancestry traces back to these two centers of origin for the common bean species.
