Latin Name Common Name Structure Consumed Culinary Notes Growth Form Subfamily Native Region dry , spice or grain-like Acacia spp. wattle seed pulse Apios americana tuber and pod perennial North America Arachis hypogaea Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual Faboideae Argentina, Arachis villosulicarpa annual peanut Seed Dry seed (pulse) perennial Faboideae Brazil

Aspalathus linearis Faboideae South Africa

Astragalus brachycalyx gum tragacanth sap dried sap, used as a binder perennial Faboideae Middle East

Astragalus propinquus astragalus perennial herb Faboideae China

dried seed extract as a spinosa seed shrub South America gum

Cajanus cajan seed Dry seed (pulse) perennial herb Faboideae Indian subcontinent

Canavalia ensiformis Jack bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) vine Faboideae American

Canavalia gladiata sword bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) vine Faboideae East Asian

Caragana arborescens Siberian peashrub Seed Dry seed (pulse) shrub Faboideae Asia ground dried pod is siliqua carob pod, seed powder; locust bean gum is tree Caesalpinioideae Mediterranean from seed

chickpea, garbanzo, Bengal Dry seed (pulse), fresh Cicer arietinum Seed annual herb Faboideae Asia gram immature seed

Cochliasanthus caracalla caracalla bean perennial vine Faboideae

Cordeauxia edulis yeheb nut seed Dry seed (pulse) shrub Caesalpinioideae South Africa

Crotalaria longirostrata Chipilín leafy vegetable perennial herb Faboideae Mexico, Central America gum, an extract from dry Cyamopsis tetragonoloba guar seed tree Faboideae northeast Africa, Middle East seed

Cyclopia spp. honeybush leaves tea shrub Faboideae South Africa

Detarium microcarpum detar pod, seed, leaves, immature pod tree Caesalpinioideae triacanthos pod pulp pulp inside immature pod tree Caesalpinioideae North America Glycine max Seed Dry seed, fresh seed annual herb Faboideae East Asia Glycyrrhiza glabra licorice root extract perennial herb Faboideae southern Europe, western Asia

pulp inside immature pod, spp. ice cream bean pod pulp, seed tree Mimosoideae South America dry seed

Inocarpus fagifer Tahitian chestnut seed cooked seed tree Faboideae tropical Asia

annual or Lablab purpureus hyacinth bean, lablab Seed Dry seed (pulse) Faboideae Africa Perennialperennial vineor Lathyrus spp. grass pea Seed Dry seed (pulse) Faboideae temperate, cosmopolitan annual herb Lathyrus tuberosus tuberous pea tuber perennial vine Faboideae Eurasian This list of edible was Lens culinaris Lentil Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae Near East perennial or Dry seed (pulse), Lupinus spp. lupini Seed annual herb or Faboideae Mediterranean, South America fermented and pickled shrub painstakingly compiled by Jeanne L. D. Hausa groundnut Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae West Africa Osnas for The Botanist in the Kitchen horse gram Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae West Asia Medicago sativa alfalfa leaf, sprout sprout, tea of dry leaves perennial herb Faboideae Central Asia Mucuna pruriens var. utilis Velvet bean, cowitch Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual vine Faboideae tropical Africa and Asia blog (https://botanistinthekitchen.blog/). oleracea water perennial vine Mimosoideae tropical Asia ahipa ahipa root perennial vine Faboideae South America bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) Faboideae South America Please respect our creative commons Pachyrhizus erosus jicama root fresh perennial vine Faboideae Mexico Pachyrhizus tuberosus yam bean root, , pod perennial vine Faboideae South America immature pod or immature spp. locust bean pod, seed tree Mimosoideae pantropical license regarding attributed use or ask me seed florida blue palo verde seed Dry seed (pulse) tree Caesalpinioideae North America cuspidatum largebract Indian breadroot tuber perennial herb Faboideae North America about it ([email protected]) if you'd little Indian breadroot tuber perennial herb Faboideae North America Phaseolus acutifolius Tepary bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae Phaseolus coccineus Scarlet runner bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae like to use this list in your research or Phaseolus lunatus , butter bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae common bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae Dry seed (pulse), fresh classroom. If you think I've missed a immature seed, fresh Pisum sativum var. sativum pea Seed, pod, shoot immature pod, fresh annual herb Faboideae Mediterranean immature shoots as a green vegetable species or got it wrong, please feel free to

fresh pulp from pod, seeds dulce huamúchil, blackbead pod, seed tree Mimosoideae American tropics used for oil spp mesquites pod dry pod tree Mimosoideae North America, Central America let me know! Seed, pod, flower, leaf, Dry seed (pulse), other tetragonolobus Winged bean perennial vine Faboideae New tuber structures fresh esculenta turnip tuber perennial herb Faboideae North America dry root powder or montana kudzu root, shoot, leaves, flowers perennial vine Faboideae southeast Asia extracted cooked vegetable, dry seeds used for gelling tora tora leaves, seeds agent and made into a annual herb Caesalpinioideae tropical Asia -like roasted beverage young and tender pods, Sesbania grandiflora agati pod, leaf, flower tree Robinioid Australia, leaves and flowers pulp from dry pod (soak it Tamarindus indica tamarind pod tree Caesalpinioideae tropical Africa first and then scrape out) Trifolium pratense red clover flower tea perennial herb Faboideae Eurasia Seeds and Leaves (both Spice, grain-like seed, and Trigonella foenum-graecum Fenugreek Annual herb Faboideae Near East fresh and dried) vegetable Tylosema esculentum marama bean tuber, seed perennial vine Caesalpinioideae Vachellia (Acacia) seyal gum arabic resin emulsifier tree Mimosoideae east Africa, Middle East fava, broad bean, horse Vicia faba Seed Dry seed (pulse) Annual herb Faboideae Middle East bean, field bean Vicia sativa Vetch Seed Dry seed (pulse) Annual herb Faboideae Eurasia aconitifolia Moth bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae West Asia Vigna angularis Azuki bean Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae East Asia Vigna lanceolata pencil yam root perennial herb Faboideae Australia Vigna luteola hairy seed, flower, leaf, tuber perennial herb Faboideae Africa Vigna mungo Black gram Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual herb Faboideae West Asia Vigna radiata Mung bean Seed, sprout Dry seed (pulse), sprout annual herb Faboideae Indian subcontinent Dry seed (pulse); pods Bambara groundnut Seed ripen underground like perennial herb Faboideae West Africa peanut Ricebean Seed Dry seed (pulse) annual vine Faboideae West Asia cow pea: black-eyed pea Dry seed (pulse), fresh Vigna unguiculata Seed annual herb Faboideae West Africa (varietal group Unguiculata) immature seed

cow pea:catjang (varietal Dry seed (pulse), fresh Vigna unguiculata Seed annual vine Faboideae West Africa group Biflora) immature seed cow pea: yardlong bean Dry seed (pulse), fresh Vigna unguiculata (varietal group Seed annual vine Faboideae West Africa immature seed Sesquipedalis)