Fabaceae
1953 edible species
Legume family with nitrogen-fixing roots; includes beans, peas, lentils, peanuts, and alfalfa.
Pin-point clover
Edible: Leaves
Alsike clover, Swedish clover
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Seeds
Crimson clover, Italian Clover
Edible: Seeds, Flowers, Leaves
Trefoil
Edible: Leaves
Lupine Clover, Siberian Clover
Edible: Leaves
Bighead clover
Edible: Leaves, Roots ?
Zigzag clover
Edible: Sprouts
Smallhead clover, Pinhead clover
Edible: Leaves
Clammy clover, Salt clover
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Bird Clover, Birdsfoot fenugreek, English fenugreek
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Red clover
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Seeds, Nectar, Tea
White clover, Dutch clover, Shamrock
Edible: Flowers, Shoots - tea, Seeds, Pods, Root, Leaves
Persian clover
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Seeds - spice, Seeds
Subterranean clover
Edible: Leaves
Tomcat clover
Edible: Leaves
Whitetip clover
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Sweet clover
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Tomcat clover
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Flower buds
Springhead clover, Springbank clover
Edible: Roots
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Wild arabian fenugreek
Edible: Leaves - condiment, Spice
Ucgil
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Pods, Leaves - Flavouring
Edible: Shoots - flavouring
Sweet trefoil, Blue Fenugreek
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Leaves - tea, Pods, Seeds, Spice
Sickle-fruited fenugreek
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Fenugreek
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Herb, Spice, Young pods, Vegetable
Egyptian fenugreek
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Trigonel
Edible: Shoots - flavouring
Edible: Leaves, Pods
Bird’s Foot Fenugreek
Edible: Leaves - flavouring, Caution
Edible: Pods, Seeds
Edible: Shoots - flavouring
Handagug
Edible: Leaves - condiment, Spice, Young shoots, Seeds - flavouring
Cooper clover, Sweet Fenugreek, Menindie Clover
Edible: Leaves
Gemsbok bean, Marama bean, Camel's foot
Edible: Seeds, Tubers, Leaves, Pods, Roots, Vegetable
Climbing marama bean, Sprawling bauhinia
Edible: Pods, Fruit, Seeds, Tubers, Root, Stems - gum, Vegetable
Golden gorse
Edible: Flower buds, Leaves - tea
Cat's tail, Cattail pea
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Seeds
Tamarind like uribea
Edible: Fruit
Aromatic acacia
Edible: Fruit
Corkwood wattle
Edible: Roots
Edible: Thorns, Gum, Seeds, Bark - tea
Mescat Acacia
Bullhorn acacia
Edible: Stems, Fruit, Pods, Vegetable
Whistling thorn
Edible: Pods, Bark, Galls, Fruit
Edible: Gum
Camel thorn
Edible: Gum, Seeds - coffee, Fruit
Gentle acacia, Red cockspur
Edible: Seeds ?
Red thorn, Grey-haired acacia
Edible: Bark, Gum, Vegetable
Horned thorn tree
Grey camel thorn
Edible: Pods, Fruit, Gum
Edible: Medicine
Candle acacia, Candle-pod acacia
Edible: Gum, Pods, Fruit, Seeds - coffee
Edible: Bark, Gum, Leaves
Babul, Bamul
Edible: Gum
Karroo Thorn, Cape gum
Edible: Seeds - coffee, Gum, Bark, Roots, Seeds, Leaves - coffee
Kirk's acacia, Flood plain thorn
Edible: Bark - tea, Gum
Edible: Gum
Kuteera-Gum, White-barked acacia
Edible: Gum, Pods, Seeds, Bark, Vegetable
Kalahari-sand acacia
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Fruit
Faique, Porknut
Edible: Pods, Fruit
Water acacia
Edible: Gum, Root - water
Egyptian thorn, Scented-pod acacia
Edible: Pods, Seeds, Leaves, Gum, Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable, Bark - tea
Edible: Gum
Edible: Gum, Drink
Edible: Gum
Edible: Seeds
False umbrella thorn
Edible: Gum, Seeds
Splendid thorn, River thorn
Edible: Gum
Twisted acacia, Schaffner's acacia
Edible: Seeds
Shittim wood, Whistling thorn
Edible: Gum, Bark - tea
Paperbark acacia, Flat-topped thorn
Edible: Gum, Vegetable
Paperbark thorn
Edible: Gum
Umbrella thorn
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Pods, Bark, Leaves
Umbrella thorn
Edible: Gum, Bark, Leaves, Fruit
Umbrella thorn
Edible: Bark, Fruit, Seeds, Gum
Umbrella thorn
Edible: Seeds, Bark, Leaves, Fruit
Sticky Acacia
African thorn acacia, Fever tree
Edible: Gum
Kullayya
Edible: Seeds, Pod, Leaves, Vegetable, Flowers, Tuber, Root
Edible: Seed
Edible: Seed
American vetch
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Seed pod
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Seed
One-flower vetch
Edible: Seeds
Three-toothed wild pea
Edible: Leaves
Demehi
Edible: Seeds
Tufted vetch, Cow vetch, Bird vetch
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Pods, Fruit, Flower nectar
Bitter vetch, Lentil vetch
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Broad bean, Faba bean
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Vegetable, Flowers