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Fabaceae
Afzelia | Amorpha | Andira | Baptisia | Beans | Callerya | Colophospermum | Copaifera | Delonix | Dioclea | Hymenaea | Karanja | Legumes | Machaerium | Pongamia | Karanj | Leguminosae | Legume
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 PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ from PHASEOLUS. Many of them harbor NITROGEN FIXATION bacteria on their roots. |
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