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Vanilla planifolia cluster of green pods. Fruit is produced only on mature plants. This takes 2-3 years for meter long cuttings and 3-4 years for 12 in cuttings or tissue cultures. The fruits are 15–23 cm (6–9 in) long pods (often incorrectly called beans). Outwardly they resemble small bananas. They mature after about eight to nine months. [8]
Inga feuilleei (named after Louis Feuillée [2]), commonly known as pacay or ice-cream bean tree, [3] is a tree in the family Fabaceae native to Andean valleys of northwestern South America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Pacay trees, as is the case with other trees in genus Inga , produce pods that contain an edible white pulp and have nitrogen-fixing roots.
The bean pod may be smooth or rough, depending on the genotype. It is typically 15–22 cm (6– 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, rectangular in cross-section [2] (though sometimes appearing flat), and has four wings with frilly edges running lengthwise. The skin is waxy and the flesh partially translucent in the young pods.
Dry fruits depend more on physical forces, like wind and water. Dry fruits' seeds can also perform pod shattering, which involve the seed being ejected from the seed coat by shattering it. Some dry fruits are able to perform seed pod explosions, such as wisteria, resulting the seed to be dispersed over long distances. Like fleshy fruits, dry ...
The word 'bean', for the Old World vegetable, existed in Old English, [3] long before the New World genus Phaseolus was known in Europe. With the Columbian exchange of domestic plants between Europe and the Americas, use of the word was extended to pod-borne seeds of Phaseolus, such as the common bean and the runner bean, and the related genus Vigna.
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Parkia biglobosa, the African locust bean, [3] is a perennial deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in a wide range of environments in Africa and is primarily grown for its pods that contain both a sweet pulp and valuable seeds. Where the tree is grown, the crushing and fermenting of these seeds constitutes an important economic ...
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