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Legumes ( / ˈlɛɡjuːm, ləˈɡjuːm /) are plants in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption; for livestock forage and silage; and as soil-enhancing green manure.
Alfalfa (/ æ l ˈ f æ l f ə /) (Medicago sativa), also called lucerne, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, and silage, as well as a green manure and cover crop. The name alfalfa is used in North America.
Cicer arietinum noir – MHNT. The chickpea or chick pea ( Cicer arietinum) is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. [2] [3] Its different types are variously known as gram [4] [5] or Bengal gram, [5] chhola, chhana, chana, or channa, garbanzo [5] or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. [4] Chickpea seeds are high in protein.
Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and widely naturalized and cultivated. Its English common names include monkey tamarind, velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna bean, and Lyon bean.
A legume is a simple dry fruit that usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides. A common name for this type of fruit is a "pod", although that can also be applied to a few other fruit types. A few species have evolved samarae, loments, follicles, indehiscent legumes, achenes, drupes, and berries from the basic legume fruit.
The flower corolla is 1–3 centimeters (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long and bright pink-purple in colour, more rarely whitish or yellow. The flowers are mostly visited by bumblebees. The fruit is a legume pod up to 6 or 7 centimeters (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 or 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long, which is hairy when new, smooth later, then brown or black when ripe. It ...
Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves fold inward and droop when ...
Vicia faba. L. Synonyms. Faba sativa Moench. Vicia faba, commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. Varieties with smaller, harder seeds that are fed to horses or other ...