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Legume: Media

fruit of Fabaceae plants

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garden pea pods
Garden pea pods (Pisum sativum).
Rasbak
common honey locust
Leaves and pods of the common honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).
John H. Gerard/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
tamarind fruit
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) legume with pulp.
© Feng Yu/Fotolia
guar legumes
Guar, or cluster beans (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), native to India.
Surya Prakash
Legumes and amino acids
Beans, lentils, peas, and other legumes are high in protein and contain many essential...
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