Fabaceae
1953 edible species
Legume family with nitrogen-fixing roots; includes beans, peas, lentils, peanuts, and alfalfa.
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Seeds - coffee
Akle
Edible: Seeds
Vaivai
Edible: Seeds
Sesbania pea
Edible: Pods
Spiny Sesbania
Edible: Seeds, Flowers
White pea bush, Swamp corkwood, White dragon tree, Dragon flower tree, Water tree, Swampy corkwood
Edible: Flowers
Sesbania, Corkwood tree
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Young pods, Bark, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Fruit
Edible: Seeds - coffee
Edible: Leaves
Bendugida
Edible: Seeds
Rostrate sesbania
Edible: Seeds - flavouring, Flowers, Leaves
Silky sesban
Egyptian sesban, River-bean
Edible: Roots, Seeds, Fruit, Flowers, Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Seeds - coffee
Edible: Leaves
Bagpod, Bladder pod
Edible: Caution, Poisonous
Mang sang
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seed
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Pivla-kaula
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Kaula
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Seeds - spice
Edible: Flowers
Japanese Pagoda Tree, Yellow berry
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Seeds starch, Fruit
Soft sophora
Edible: Leaves
Silky sophora
Edible: Roots
Mescal Bean Tree, Texas mountain laurel
Edible: Seeds - drink
Silky Sophora
Edible: Root
Wolf-teeth spines
Edible: Flowers
Spanish Broom
Edible: Seeds, CAUTION
Edible: Unsure - leaves or seeds for spice.
Winter Pea
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Edible: Tubers, Root, Pods, Seeds
Yellow pea
Edible: Seeds, Vegetable, Flowers, Leaves, Tubers, Root, Pods
Yam bean
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Roots, Tubers, Flowers, Vegetable
African yam bean
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Tubers, Root, Pods, Vegetable
Jade Vine, Emerald Creeper
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Seeds
Japanese pagoda tree
Edible: Flowers - tea, Leaves - tea
Cancer bush
Edible: Leaves - drink, Seeds
Sturt’s desert pea
Edible: Seeds, Flower nectar
Smooth darling-pea
Edible: Seeds, Caution
Edible: Fruit
Katawa swartz pea
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Manipoyba
Edible: Fruit, Pods
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit
Silky swartz pea
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Fruit, Aril
Edible: Root, Leaves - tea
Tamarind
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Spice, Vegetable
Spiny caesalpinia
Edible: Seeds coat, Leaves - spice
Opposite taralea, English tonka bean
Edible: Seeds - extract for flavouring
Edible: Medicine
Edible: Root - coagulant
Edible: Leaves, Caution
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Seeds - oil
Edible: Seeds - oil
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Purple tephrosia
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Roots, Pods, Flowers, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Fish-poison-bean
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
Palestine winged pea
Edible: Seeds, Pods
Angular pod, Aridan tree
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Fruit wings and ridges, Spice
Cudzu-tropical
Edible: ?
Bearded thermopsis
Edible: Branches, Rootstocks
Kanjubopa
Edible: Seeds
Siberian Lupin, Golden banner
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Cape clover
Edible: Flowers
Rancheria clover
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Root, Flowers
Aztec Clover
Edible: Leaves
Caucasian clover
Edible: Flowers
Hare’s-foot Clover, Rabbit foot clover, Stone clover
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Large hop clover, Yellow clover
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Flowers
Piñole clover, Notch-leaf Clover
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Edible: Flowers
Foothill clover
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Foothill clover
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Cup clover
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Branched Indian clover
Edible: Leaves
Springbank clover
Edible: Leaves, Root
Sour clover, Bull Clover
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Seeds
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Seedspod
Edible: Leaves, Seed, Seedpod