Fabales: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Leguminales • pea order

Photos

Yellow partridge pea

Close-up of fava bean (Vicia faba) roots with clusters of round, pale nitrogen nodules attached along the root surface.

Royal poinciana

Sensitive plant

Close-up of a sweet pea plant, Lathyrus odoratus, showing bright pink-purple flowers and slender green leaves against a blurred background.

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Fabaceae Surianaceae Quillajaceae Polygalaceae Cercidoideae yellowwood sucupira Mora Hymenaea Caesalpinioideae Rosales Malpighiales Fagales Myrtales Cucurbitales Zygophyllales Oxalidales Celastrales Geraniales Sapindales

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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Red grapes grow in a vineyard.

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