Fabaceae

1953 edible species

Legume family with nitrogen-fixing roots; includes beans, peas, lentils, peanuts, and alfalfa.

Virgilia oroboides

Edible: Gum

Wajira grahamiana

Bakla

Edible: Root

Wisteria floribunda

Japanese wisteria, Many-flowered Wisteria

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Seeds

Wisteria frutescens

American wisteria

Edible: Flowers

Wisteria japonica

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Wisteria macrostachya

Kentucky wisteria

Edible: Flowers

Wisteria sinensis

Chinese Wisteria, Wistaria, Purple vine

Edible: Flowers, Seeds

Wisteria venusta

Silky wisteria

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Wisteria villosa

Edible: Flowers

Xanthocercis madagascariensis

Edible: Pod - pulp, Fruit

Xanthocercis zambesiaca

Nyala tree

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Xeroderris stuhlmannii

Wing pod

Edible: Seeds, Caution, Pods

Edible: Stem, Seeds

Xylia xylocarpa

Edible: Seeds, Fruit

ZZ Aeschynomene afraspera

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Albizia ferruginea

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Calliandra houstoniana

Powderpuff

Edible: Medicine, Caution

ZZ Clitoria laurifolia

Laurel leaf, Pigeon wings, Butterfly pea

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Cylicodiscus gabunensis

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Dalbergia greveana

Madagascar rosewood

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Dalbergia rufa

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Daniellia thurifera

Sierra Leon frankincense tree, Gum resin, Sudan copal

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Entada abyssinica

Tree entada, Splinter bean

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Entada spiralis

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Grona styracifolia

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Grona triflora

Black clover

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Indigofera cryptantha

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Indigofera hirsuta

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Indigofera spicata

Edible: Medicine, Caution

ZZ Indigofera suffruticosa

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Libidibia coriaria

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Millettia grandis

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Millettia versicolor

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Mundulea sericea

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Otholobium decumbens

Carpet pea, Eight-day-healing bush

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Ototropis sequax

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Parasenegalia visco

Visco

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Senna longiracemosa

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Senna racemosa

Limestone senna

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Tephrosia lupinifolia

Edible: Medicine

ZZ Vachellia amythethophylla

Edible: Medicine

ZZZ Erythrophleum chlorostachys

Marukgal, Mulyurruny, Ironwood, Camel poison, Cooktown Ironwood, Northern Ironwood

Edible: Gum, Caution

Zollernia ilicifolia

Mucitaiba

Edible: Fruit

Zornia apiculata

Edible: Leaves

Zornia glochidiata

Sheep's grass

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Zornia latifolia

Edible: Spice, Vegetable

Zornia milneana

Edible: Leaves

Zornia pratensis

Kandudwa

Edible: Leaves

Zornia thymifolia

Edible: Leaves - tea

Scarlet zygia

Edible: Fruit

Hilly zygia

Edible: Fruit

Zygia heteroneura

Edible: Fruit

Zygia longifolia

Longleaf zygia

Edible: Fruit pods