Pulse (legume)

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A legume (/ˈlɛɡjuːm/ or /ˌləˈɡjuːm/) is a plant or its fruit or seed in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae). Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their grain seed called pulse, for forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure. Well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupin bean, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts and tamarind. Fabaceae is the most common family found in tropical rainforests and in dry forests in the Americas and Africa.

A legume fruit is a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides. A common name for this type of fruit is a pod, although the term "pod" is also applied to a number of other fruit types, such as that of vanilla (a capsule) and of the radish (a silique).

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• Kidney bean, navy bean, pinto bean, haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
• Lima bean, butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
• Adzuki bean, azuki bean (Vigna angularis)
• Mung bean, golden gram, green gram (Vigna radiata)
• Black gram, urad (Vigna mungo)
• Scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
• Ricebean (Vigna umbellata)
• Moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia)
• Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius)

• Horse bean (Vicia faba equina)
• Broad bean (Vicia faba)
• Field bean (Vicia faba)

• Garden pea (Pisum sativum var. sativum)
• Protein pea (Pisum sativum var. arvense)

• Lablab, hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
• Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis), sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)
• Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
• Velvet bean, cowitch (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis)
• Yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus)

• List of dried foods
• List of legume dishes

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• Varshney, Rajeev K.; Kudapa, Himabindu (November 2013). "Legume biology: the basis for crop improvement" (PDF). Functional Plant Biology. CSIRO Publishing. 40 (12): v–viii. doi:10.1071/FPv40n12_FO. 

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