Fabaceae
1953 edible species
Legume family with nitrogen-fixing roots; includes beans, peas, lentils, peanuts, and alfalfa.
Edible: Leaves
Hedge-hog
Edible: Seeds
Dhurays
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds ?
Sainfoin
Edible: Leaves
Rest-harrow
Edible: Shoots
Rest Harrow, Common restharrow
Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots
Spiny restharrow
Edible: Shoots, Root, Flowers, Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Kalava
Edible: Leaves
Xir
Edible: Flower - nectar, Leaves
Curled caterpillar bush, Caterpillar-pod
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Kilimbulumbu
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Glandular otholobium
Edible: Leaves - tea
Guallua
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Purple savannah pea
Edible: Tap root
Edible: Flowers, Fruit
Frijol monilla
Edible: Seeds
Crazy weed
Edible: Root, Seeds
Yellow oxytrope, Maydell's oxytrope
Edible: Root
Blackish oxytrope
Edible: Roots
Ahipa, Ajipa, Andean yam bean
Edible: Tubers, Root, Seeds, Vegetable
Yam bean, Jicama
Edible: Pods, Tubers, Root, Seeds, Caution, Vegetable
Amazonian yam bean
Edible: Seeds, Pods, Roots
Edible: Seeds
Cape Leeuwin wattle, Caped Wattle, Crested Wattle, Swamp Wattle, Brush wattle
Edible: Seeds, Spice
Edible: Pods - flavouring
Balslev nitta tree
Edible: Seed coating, Fruit, Seeds, Vine contents
African locust bean
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Badminton ball tree, Shuttlecock tree, African locust tree
Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Leaves
African locust bean, Twoball Nitta-Tree
Edible: Seeds, Roots, Fruit, Pods, Bark - flavouring, Vegetable
Discolor nitta tree
African locust bean
Edible: Seeds, Pulp of pod, Leaves, Nectar, Vegetable
Central African locust tree
Edible: Seeds, Spice
Drumstick tree, Sataw tree
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds - Spice, Vegetable
Guarango nitta tree
Edible: Fruit
Black nittatree
Edible: Seeds, Fruit pods
Panure nitta tree
Edible: Seed covering
Fava bean tree, Amazonia nitta tree
Edible: Fruit - drink
Edible: Seeds, Pods, Flowers
Edible: Spice, Vegetable
Pete, Bitter bean tree
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Fruit
Royoong, Cay thoi
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Fruit pulp, Spice
Edible: Fruit
Petai hutan, Forest sataw tree
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Spice, Pods, Fruit
Jerusalem thorn
Edible: Seeds - coffee, Seeds, Flowers, Fruit, Leaves
Wild green-hair tree
Edible: Seeds - coffee, Fruit - drinks, Leaves, Vegetable
Blue Palo Verde
Edible: Stem sap
Blue trefoil, Shamrock pea, Clover pea
Edible: Leaves, Roots, Flowers
Woolly parosella, Woolly Prairie-clover, Woolly Prairieclover
Edible: Root
Woolly Parosella
Edible: Root
White rim scurfpea, Nashville breadroot
Edible: Tuber, Root
Slimflower scurfpea
Edible: Tubers, Roots
African wattle, Weeping wattle
Edible: Leaves, Gum
Edible: Seeds - oil, Seeds
Oil bean tree
Edible: Seeds
Oil Bean Tree, Owala oil
Edible: Seeds, Seeds - oil
Brazilian licorice
Edible: Root
White prairie clover
Edible: Leaves, Root, Leaves - tea
White prairie clover, Prairie clover, White-tassel flower
Edible: Leaves - tea, Roots, Leaves, Flowers
Purple prairie clover, Violet prairie clover
Edible: Root, Leaves - tea
Edible: Lerp
Rush Peteria
Edible: Root
Tepary bean
Edible: Seeds, Vegetable, Leaves
Sharpleaf Tepary Bean
Wild tepary bean, Willow-leaf tepary
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds
Scarlet runner bean
Edible: Seeds, Pods, Leaves, Roots, Vegetable, Flowers
Edible: Pods, Seeds, Flowers
Year-long bean
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Slimjim bean
Edible: Seeds, Pods
Lima bean
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Vegetable, Flowers
Metcalfe Bean
Metcalfe bean, Wild cocomeca, Prairie bean
Edible: Seeds, Pods
Edible: Seeds
Year bean
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Flowers
Wild bean
Edible: Seeds
Cocolmeca, Metcalfe bean
Edible: Seeds, Roots - tea
Common bean
Edible: Pods, Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable
Indigo vine, African indigo
Edible: Leaves - flavouring
Senegal lilac
Edible: Bark - flavouring, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit
Edible: Bark - milk curdling
Edible: Medicine
Edible: Flowers
Malabar mountain Ebony
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
Camel's foot leaf tree
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Fruit, Vegetable
Camel's foot leaf tree
Edible: Pods, Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Bark, Vegetable, Flowers
Tawny pea, Yellow wild pea
Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Seeds, Pods
Egyptian pea
Edible: Seeds