Fabaceae
1953 edible species
Legume family with nitrogen-fixing roots; includes beans, peas, lentils, peanuts, and alfalfa.
Fleshy lupine
White Lupin
Edible: Oil, Oil, Seed
Edible: Seed
Blue Lupin, Narrowleaf lupine
Edible: Seed
Tree lupin
Whitewhorl lupine
Edible: Seed
Broad leaf lupine
Seashore Lupine
Edible: Root
Yellow Lupin, European yellow lupine
Edible: Seed
Edible: Seed
Pearl Lupin, Tarwi
Edible: Oil, Oil, Seed
Nootka lupine
Sundial Lupine
Edible: Seed, Seedpod
Bigleaf lupine
White Lupin
Edible: Seed
Edible: Seeds
Acapulco lysiloma
Edible: Seeds - medicine
Cuban sabicu
Hooker's Bauhinia, Mountain ebony
Edible: Nectar
Chinese Yellow Wood, Amur maackia
Edible: Leaves
Venezuela macharium
Edible: Seeds
Lunate machaerium
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Seeds
Phasemy bean
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Roots
Lime-yellow pea, Perennial horsegram
Edible: Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Roots
Edible: Leaves, Flower buds
Spotted medick
Edible: Leaves
Moon Trefoil
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Yellow lucerne, Sickle medick
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Cut-leaved medick
Edible: Leaves
Black Medick
Edible: Leaves, Seed
Edible: Shoots
Single-flowered medick
Edible: Leaves
Flat podded medick
Edible: Fruit, Leaves - spice
Edible: Flower
Edible: Plant
Wild Fenugreek
Edible: Leaves
Toothed Bur-Clover, Burclover
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Seed, Shoots
Alfalfa, Yellow alfalfa
Edible: Leaves, Oil, Seed, Shoots
Edible: Leaves
White Melilot
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Seed, Seedpod, Shoots
Tall Melilot, Tall yellow sweetclover
Edible: Leaves, Seedpod, Shoots
Elegant sweetclover
Edible: Leaves
Annual Yellow Sweetclover
Edible: Leaves
Melilot, Sweetclover
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Seedpod, Shoots
Sweetclover
Edible: Leaves
Sweetclover
Edible: Root
Tiger's claw
Edible: Leaves - masticatory, Root - drink, Stems - juice
Edible: Stems - water, Medicine
Eagle wood
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Edible: Seed
Birbira
Edible: Leaves ?
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Edible: Flowers, Caution
Poona Oil Tree, Pongamia
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Pods
Catclaw mimosa
Edible: Spice, Flavouring
Sensitive plant, Touch-me-not
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Leaves - tea
Roughish scabrella
Edible: Seeds - sweetener
Butterfly lobelia
Edible: Leaves
Narrowleaf monopteryx
Edible: Seeds, Seeds - oil
Guiana mora
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seed
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds, Caution
Large fruited mucuna
Edible: Flower, Leaves
Negro bean
Edible: Seeds, Pods
Edible: Seeds
Buffalo bean
Edible: Seeds
Common cowitch
Edible: Fruit, Pods
Edible: Fruit
Horse-eye bean
Edible: Seeds
Balsam of Peru
Edible: Resin, Gum, Seeds, Flavouring
Edible milkpea
Edible: Roots
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Robust pioneer creeper, Kudzu vine, Perennial soybean
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Tubers, Root
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Roots - drink
Edible: Tuber - drink, Vegetable, Fruit, Seeds, Roots, Caution
Edible: Leaves
Thai watercress, Thai mimosa
Edible: Leaves
Indian nesphostylis
Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Seeds
Edible: Leaves
Desert ironwood, Ironwood
Edible: Seed
Cock's head
Edible: Seeds, Pods, Fruit