Fabaceae — Legume Family
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Mucuna pruriens is an annual climbing tropical legume grown for forage, food, and traditional medicine with itchy seed pod hairs.
Mucuna urens (L.) Medik.
Mucuna urens (L.) Medik.
Mucuna urens is a climbing neotropical liana used in traditional medicine and for practical products.
Mundulea sericea (Willd.) A.Chev.
Mundulea sericea (Willd.) A.Chev.
Mundulea sericea is a flowering plant with corky toxic bark found across Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka, with two recognized subspecies.
Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey
Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey
Neonotonia wightii, the perennial soybean, is a shade-tolerant flowering forage plant in Fabaceae native to Africa and South Asia.
Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
Neptunia lutea is a trailing prickly perennial with yellow puffy flower clusters and touch-responsive fern-like leaves.
Neustanthus phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.
Neustanthus phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.
Neustanthus phaseoloides is a perennial twining legume native to East and Southeast Asia, used for cover cropping, forage and medicine.
Olneya tesota A.Gray
Olneya tesota A.Gray
Olneya tesota (desert ironwood) is a Sonoran Desert tree with dense hard wood valued for artisanal uses.
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
Onobrychis viciifolia, or common sainfoin, is a temperate forage legume with anthelmintic properties that is regaining scientific attention.
Ononis arvensis L.
Ononis arvensis L.
Ononis arvensis, or field restharrow, is a widespread Eurasian perennial flowering plant in the Fabaceae family closely related to other Ononis species.
Ononis natrix L.
Ononis natrix L.
Ononis natrix L. is a perennial glandular plant with yellow flowers, found across Circum-Mediterranean regions, used in raisin preparation.
Ononis spinosa L.
Ononis spinosa L.
Ononis spinosa L. (spiny restharrow) is a bushy spiny perennial with a recorded history of uses in medieval Russia.
Orbexilum pedunculatum (Mill.) Rydb.
Orbexilum pedunculatum (Mill.) Rydb.
Orbexilum pedunculatum is a herbaceous perennial pea family plant native to the US Southeast, with traditional Cherokee medicinal uses.
Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce
Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce
Ornithopus pinnatus (orange birdsfoot) is a Fabaceae plant native to Western Europe, the Mediterranean, and Macaronesia.
Oxylobium ellipticum (Vent.) R.Br.
Oxylobium ellipticum (Vent.) R.Br.
Oxylobium ellipticum is an Australian branching shrub that grows up to 2m tall, with golden yellow pea flowers and oval hairy fruit pods.
Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.
Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.
This is a description of poisonous perennial legume Oxytropis campestris, also known as field locoweed.
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
Oxytropis lambertii is a North American prairie locoweed, common in cases of swainsonine-caused livestock poisoning.
Oxytropis pilosa (L.) DC.
Oxytropis pilosa (L.) DC.
Oxytropis pilosa (L.) DC. is a rare protected legume flowering plant found from Central to Eastern Europe as far as Russia.
Oxytropis sericea Nutt.
Oxytropis sericea Nutt.
Oxytropis sericea, or white locoweed, is a toxic North American perennial legume that poisons livestock.
Oxytropis splendens Douglas
Oxytropis splendens Douglas
Oxytropis splendens Douglas is a nitrogen-fixing flowering perennial, good for revegetation, that is potentially toxic.
Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen
Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen
Paraserianthes lophantha is a fast-growing small tree native to Australia and parts of Indonesia, often considered a weed outside its native range.
Parkia velutina Benoist
Parkia velutina Benoist
Parkia velutina (corezeiro) is a 40 m tall South American rainforest tree in Fabaceae, pollinated by Megalopta bees.
Parkinsonia aculeata L.
Parkinsonia aculeata L.
Parkinsonia aculeata is a drought-tolerant woody species native to the Americas, used traditionally in Mexican medicine.
Parkinsonia florida (Benth. ex A.Gray) S.Watson
Parkinsonia florida (Benth. ex A.Gray) S.Watson
Parkinsonia florida is a drought-deciduous Sonoran Desert shrub or small tree grown ornamentally in drought-tolerant gardens.
Parkinsonia microphylla Torr.
Parkinsonia microphylla Torr.
Parkinsonia microphylla is a drought-adapted Sonoran Desert tree with ecological uses and human food, ornamental and craft applications.
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