Structured Summary
Abstract
The large family of plants characterized by pods. Some are edible and some cause LATHYRISM or FAVISM and other forms of poisoning. Other species yield useful materials like gums from ACACIA and various LECTINS like PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS from PHASEOLUS. Many of them harbor NITROGEN FIXATION bacteria on their roots. Many but not all species of beans belong to this family.
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Abrus
- Acacia
- Albizzia
- Arachis
- Aspalathus
- Astragalus Plant
- Bauhinia
- Butea
- Caesalpinia
- Cajanus
- Canavalia
- Caragana
- Cassia
- Castanospermum
- Chamaecrista
- Cicer
- Clitoria
- Crotalaria
- Cyamopsis
- Cyclopia Plant
- Cytisus
- Dalbergia
- Derris
- Dioclea
- Dipteryx
- Dolichos
- Erythrina
- Galega
- Genista
- Gleditsia
- Glycine max
- Glycyrrhiza
- Griffonia
- Hymenaea
- Indigofera
- Laburnum
- Lathyrus
- Lens Plant
- Lespedeza
- Lotus
- Lupinus
- Maackia
- Medicago
- Melilotus
- Millettia
- Mimosa
- Mucuna
- Myroxylon
- Ononis
- Oxytropis
- Pachyrhizus
- Phaseolus
- Physostigma
- Pisum sativum
- Pongamia
- Prosopis
- Psoralea
- Pterocarpus
- Pueraria
- Robinia
- Senna Plant
- Sesbania
- Sophora
- Spartium
- Sphenostylis
- Tamarindus
- Tephrosia
- Tetrapleura
- Trifolium
- Trigonella
- Ulex
- Vicia
- Vigna
- Wisteria
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Synonyms
24 entry terms
- Legumes
- Leguminosae
- Pea Family
- Families, Pea
- Family, Pea
- Legume
- Pea Families
- Afzelia
- Amorpha
- Andira
- Baptisia
- Callerya
- Ceratonia
- Clathrotropis
- Colophospermum
- Copaifera
- Delonix
- Euchresta
- Guibourtia
- Machaerium
- Pithecellobium
- Pithecolobium
- Stryphnodendron
- Tachigalia
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Aspects Covered
20 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.
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History Note
2002
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Fabaceae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007887. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007887
- Fabaceae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae
- Fabaceae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44448