Other Legumes

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Plant type: drought-resistant small tree
Native to: India
Parts eaten: young pods and seeds, young shoots and leaves (cooked), mature seeds (cooked or sprouted and cooked)


Plant type: vine
Native to:
Parts eaten: young leaves, seeds (cooked)


Plant type: vine
Native to: tropical Asia
Parts eaten: seed (peeled and cooked)


Plant type: vine or sprawling bush
Native to: India
Parts eaten: seeds (cooked, sprouted, or ground into flour)


Plant type: sprawling, tropical land or aquatic plant
Native to: southeast Asia
Parts eaten: young shoots, leaves, stems and pods (raw or coooked)


Plant type: drought-resistant sprawling bush
Native to: India
Parts eaten: seeds (sprouted)


Plant type: tropical perennial vine
Native to: New Guinea
Parts eaten: flowers (used as food coloring), young leaves (raw or cooked), young pods (raw or cooked), roots (cooked), dried seeds (ground and cooked)


Plant type: bush
Native to: Middle East
Parts eaten: seeds (sprouted), leaves (cooked), dried seeds (as spice).


Plant type: drought-resistant perennial vine
Native to: arid southern Africa
Parts eaten: seeds (cooked), young tubers (cooked)


Plant type: bush or half-runner
Native to: India
Parts eaten: seeds (cooked)


Plant type: bush
Native to: India
Parts eaten: seeds (cooked)


Plant type: vine
Native to: Indo-China
Parts eaten: seeds (cooked), green pods


Extra Caution

Plant type: short vines
Native to: coastal Asia, Europe, North and South America
Parts eaten: green pods, but like many other species of Lathyrus, contains neurotoxins that cause permanent damage when eaten in sufficient quantity.


Plant type: drought-tolerant short vines
Native to: Europe
Parts eaten: young seeds, mature seeds (dried and cooked). Contains a neurotoxin that causes permanent paralysis when consumed in quantity over time; e.g., when used as a staple food for more than a month.


  • Lupini (Lupinus albus, Lupinus angustifolius, Lupinus luteus, and Lupinus mutabilis)
Plant type: wildflowers
Native to: Mediterranean region
Parts eaten: seeds (ground into flour, or pickled and eaten after extensive soaking and boiling to remove bitter alkaloids). A known allergen, and if incorrectly prepared can cause poisoning, which while unpleasant is rarely fatal.


Plant type: tropical climbing shrub covered in itchy hairs
Native to: Africa, India, Caribbean
Parts eaten: young shoots and seeds (cooked and soaked extensively to reduce toxins)


Underground

Plant type: perennial vine
Native to: eastern North America
Parts eaten: flowers, young pods, seeds (cooked), tubers (cooked or dried)


Plant type: drought-resistant tropical bush with underground peanut-like pods
Native to: west Africa
Parts eaten: seeds


Plant type: tropical tree
Native to: Malaysia
Parts eaten: young pods (raw, cooked, or pickled), mature pods and seeds (cooked or dried)


Plant type: perennial wildflower
Native to: Texas prairies
Parts eaten: tubers


Plant type: perennial wildflower
Native to: Texas prairies
Parts eaten: tubers


Plant type: perennial wildflower
Native to: central North America
Parts eaten: tubers (raw, cooked, or dried)


Plant type: drought- and heat-resistant bush with underground peanut-like pods
Native to: west Africa
Parts eaten: seeds (fresh, or dried and cooked)



Trees

  • Wattleseed (Acacia holosericea, Acacia victoriae, and others)
Plant type: shrubby trees
Native to: Australia
Parts eaten: young seeds (cooked), mature seeds (dried and ground and mixed into desserts or breads)


Plant type: tropical tree
Native to: Old World
Parts eaten: young pods, mature seeds (cooked fermented, or roasted and ground as a coffee substitute). Mildy toxic/anti-nutritional, which can be reduced by heat and soaking (discussed in the paper "Canavanine content in sword beans: Analysis and effects of processing").


Plant type: perennial shrub or small tree
Native to: Siberia, Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan
Parts eaten: flowers (raw), seeds (cooked)


  • Carob (Ceratonia siliqua)
Plant type: drought-tolerant evergreen tree
Native to: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Parts eaten: mature pods (dried or roasted and ground)


  • Sweet Detar (Detarium microcarpum and Detarium senegalense)
Plant type: tree
Native to: west and central Africa
Parts eaten: fruit (fresh, dried, or cooked). Some trees produce poisonous fruits.


Plant type: tropical trees
Native to: Central and South America
Parts eaten: pulp inside mature pods


Plant type: evergreen tropical tree
Native to: southeast Asia and southwest Pacific
Parts eaten: seed (cooked)


Plant type: thorny tree
Native to: central North America
Parts eaten: pulp inside pods (fresh or fermented into beer)


Plant type: drought-tolerant shrubby tree
Native to: southwest USA and northwest Mexico
Parts eaten: young pods (cooked), flowers and young seeds, mature seeds (ground for flour)


Plant type: thorny tree
Native to: Mexico, Central and South America
Parts eaten: pulp inside pods


Plant type: tropical tree
Native to: South America
Parts eaten: pulp inside pods (ground into flour or fermented into alcohol)


Plant type: tropical tree
Native to: South America
Parts eaten: paste inside of mature pods (milled into flour or fermented into alcohol)


  • Mesquite Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens), Velvet Mesquite (Prosopis velutina)
Plant type: drought-tolerant desert trees
Native to: southwest and south central USA, northern Mexico
Parts eaten: pods (ground into flour and cooked)


Plant type: tropical tree
Native to: tropical Africa
Parts eaten: pulp inside pods (used in desserts, jam, drinks, and snacks)