Do beans grow in pods

Beans are the seeds of the plant. Some flowers (e.g lupin ) also have seed pods, the seeds mature in the pods and the pod either bursts or twists open when the seed are mature enough to sow, germinate and therefore repeat the cycle all over again.

Because beans are edible we take them from the plant when they are young and sweet, which we call 'at their best'. The plant then produces more seed (beans) to replace the ones that have been removed.