Information about Legumes
This article is about the fruit of the plants also called 'legumes'. For the plants themselves, see Fabaceae.
A legume is a simple dry fruit which develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides. A common name for this type of fruit is a "pod", although pod is also applied to a few other fruit types. A peanut is not a nut in the botanical sense; a peanut is an indehiscent legume, that is, one whose pod does not split open on its own.
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Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume
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Pea pods
The term is derived from the French word "légume" which, however, has a wider meaning and refers to any kind of vegetable; the English word legume being translated in French by the word légumineuse.
Legumes are a good source of iron and fiber.
) Freshly-dug peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) | ) White clover, a forage crop |
See also
References
External links
- AEP - European association for grain legume research
- Lupins - Geography, classification, genetic resources and breeding
- ILDIS - International Legume Database & Information Service
- Legume classes from LegumeChef.com
Fabaceae
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Subfamilies
Caesalpinioideae
Mimosoideae
Faboideae
References
GRIN-CA 2002-09-01
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae
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Subfamilies
Caesalpinioideae
Mimosoideae
Faboideae
References
GRIN-CA 2002-09-01
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae
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carpel is the outer, often visible part of the female reproductive organ of a flower; the basic unit of the gynoecium.
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Carpel anatomy
The parts of the carpel are:- the stigma (from Ancient Greek stigma
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Dehiscence is the spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents.
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Anther dehiscence
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nut can be either a seed or a fruit.
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Botanical definitions
A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity, and where the seed remains unattached or unfused with the..... Click the link for more information.
A. hypogaea
Binomial name
Arachis hypogaea
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Binomial name
Arachis hypogaea
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This article is about the legume. For the comic strip, see Peanuts. For other uses, see Peanut (disambiguation).
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Dehiscence is the spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents.
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Anther dehiscence
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French (français, pronounced [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a Romance language originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and today by about 300 million people around the world as either
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Vegetable is a term which generally refers to an edible part of a plant. The definition is traditional rather than scientific and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are normally considered vegetables.
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Electronegativity 1.83 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies
(more) 1st: 762.5 kJmol−1
2nd: 1561.9 kJmol−1
3rd: 2957 kJmol−1
Atomic radius 140 pm
Atomic radius (calc.
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(amphoteric oxide)
Electronegativity 1.83 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies
(more) 1st: 762.5 kJmol−1
2nd: 1561.9 kJmol−1
3rd: 2957 kJmol−1
Atomic radius 140 pm
Atomic radius (calc.
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- For other meanings of fiber/fibre please see Fiber (disambiguation).
Fiber or fibre[1] is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread.
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Pulses are defined by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as annual leguminous crops yielding from one to twelve grains or seeds of variable size, shape and color within a pod. Pulses are used for food and animal feed.
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