#subfamily_Papilionoideae__Papilionoideae  alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
  supertype:  #rosid_dicot_family__rosiddicotfamily  a family of dicotyledonous plants
  subtype:  #genus_Medicago  a genus of herbs that resemble clover
  member of:  #family_Leguminosae
  member:  #genus_Amorpha  American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides
     member:  #amorpha  any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
  member:  #genus_Amphicarpaea__Amphicarpaea__Amphicarpa__genus_Amphicarpa  very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut
     member:  #hog_peanut__hogpeanut__wild_peanut__Amphicarpaea_bracteata__Amphicarpa_bracteata  vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts
  member:  #genus_Anagyris__Anagyris  very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods
     member:  #stinking_bean_trefoil__bean_trefoil__Anagyris_foetida  shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed
  member:  #genus_Andira__Andira  small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa
     member:  #angelim__andelmin  any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira
     member:  #cabbage_bark__cabbagebark__cabbage-bark_tree__cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__andirainermi  tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
  member:  #genus_Anthyllis__Anthyllis  genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs
     member:  #Jupiter's_beard__silverbush__Anthyllis_barba-jovis  silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers
     member:  #kidney_vetch__Anthyllis_vulneraria  perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders
  member:  #genus_Apios__Apios  twining perennial North American plants
     member:  #groundnut_vine__groundnutvine__groundnut__Indian_potato__potato_bean__wild_bean__Apios_americana__Apios_tuberosa  a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
  member:  #genus_Aspalathus__Aspalathus  genus of South African heathlike shrubs
     member:  #rooibos__Aspalathus_linearis__Aspalathus_cedcarbergensis  South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea
  member:  #genus_Astragalus__Astragalus  large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
     member:  #milk_vetch  any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
  member:  #genus_Baphia__Baphia  small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar
     member:  #camwood__African_sandalwood__Baphia_nitida  small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
  member:  #genus_Baptisia__Baptisia  genus of North American plants with showy pealike flowers and an inflated pod
     member:  #wild_indigo__false_indigo__falseindigo  any of several plants of the genus Baptisia
  member:  #genus_Butea__Butea  genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak
     member:  #dhak__dak__palas__pala__Butea_frondosa__Butea_monosperma  East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
  member:  #genus_Cajanus__Cajanus  erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions
     member:  #pigeon-pea_plant__pigeon_pea__cajan_pea__cajanpea__catjang_pea__catjangpea__red_gram__redgram__dhal__dahl__Cajanus_cajan  tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  member:  #genus_Canavalia__Canavalia  herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics
     member:  #jack_bean__wonder_bean__giant_stock_bean__giantstockbean__Canavalia_ensiformis  annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
     member:  #sword_bean__swordbean__Canavalia_gladiata  twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food
  member:  #genus_Caragana  large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees
     member:  #pea_tree__peatree__caragana  any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
  member:  #genus_Castanospermum__Castanospermum  a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut
     member:  #Moreton_Bay_chestnut__Australia_chestnut  Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood
  member:  #genus_Centrosema__Centrosema  a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers
     member:  #Centrosema_virginianum__butterfly_pea__butterflypea  large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers
  member:  #genus_Cercis__Cercis  deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States
     member:  #Judas_tree__love_tree__Circis_siliquastrum  small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers
  member:  #genus_Chamaecytisus__Chamaecytisus  small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; often especially formerly included in genus Cytisus
     member:  #tagasaste__Chamaecytisus_palmensis__Cytesis_proliferus  shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder
  member:  #genus_Chordospartium__Chordospartium  2 species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom; endangered
     member:  #weeping_tree_broom  small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent 2-seeded pods
  member:  #genus_Chorizema__Chorizema  genus of Australian twining vines and small shrubs: flame peas
     member:  #flame_pea__flamepea  any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers; Australia
  member:  #genus_Cicer__Cicer  chick-pea plant; Asiatic herbs
  member:  #genus_Cladrastis__Cladrastis  yellowwoods
     member:  #Kentucky_yellowwood__gopherwood__Cladrastis_lutea__Cladrastis_kentukea__yellowwood  small handsome round-headed deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
  member:  #genus_Clianthus  genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines
     member:  #glory_pea__glorypea__clianthus__clianthu  any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pealike red flowers in drooping racemes
  member:  #genus_Clitoria__Clitoria  genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers
     member:  #butterfly_pea__butterflypea__Clitoria_mariana  large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers
  member:  #genus_Codariocalyx__Codariocalyx  used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium
     member:  #telegraph_plant__semaphore_plant__semaphoreplant__Codariocalyx_motorius__Desmodium_motorium__Desmodium_gyrans  erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
  member:  #genus_Colutea__Colutea  small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods
     member:  #bladder_senna__bladdersenna__Colutea_arborescens  yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food
  member:  #genus_Coronilla  genus of Old World shrubs and herbs
     member:  #coronilla  any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long-spiked axillary heads or umbels
     member:  #axseed__crown_vetch__crownvetch__Coronilla_varia  European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods
  member:  #genus_Crotalaria  large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa
     member:  #crotalaria__rattlebox  any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
     member:  #American_rattlebox__Crotalaria_sagitallis  tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
     member:  #Indian_rattlebox__Crotalaria_spectabilis  erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
  member:  #genus_Cyamopsis__Cyamopsis  small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia
     member:  #guar__cluster_bean__clusterbean__Cyamopsis_tetragonolobus__Cyamopsis_psoraloides  drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
  member:  #genus_Cytisus__Cytisus  large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom
     member:  #white_broom__whitebroom__white_Spanish_broom__Cytisus_albus__Cytisus_multiflorus  low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers
     member:  #common_broom__Scotch_broom__green_broom__greenbroom__Cytisus_scoparius  deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
  member:  #broom.shrub  any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
  member:  #genus_Dalbergia__Dalbergia  large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers
     member:  #Indian_blackwood__East_Indian_rosewood__East_India_rosewood__Indian_rosewood__Dalbergia_latifolia  East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
     member:  #Dalbergia_sissoo__sissoo__sissu__sisham  East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties
     member:  #kingwood_tree__kingwood__Dalbergia_cearensis  Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
     member:  #Brazilian_rosewood__caviuna_wood__caviunawood__Dalbergia_nigra  an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
     member:  #cocobolo__Dalbergia_retusa  a valuable timber tree of tropical South America
  member:  #genus_Dalea__Dalea  indigo bush
     member:  #Dalea_spinosa__smoke_tree__smoketree  grayish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States nd Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor
  member:  #genus_Daviesia__Daviesia  genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods
     member:  #shrub__bush  a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
  member:  #genus_Derris  genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines
     member:  #derris  any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons
     member:  #derris_root__tuba_root__Derris_elliptica  woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone
  member:  #genus_Desmanthus__Desmanthus  genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers
     member:  #prairie_mimosa__prairiemimosa__prickle-weed__prickleweed__Desmanthus_ilinoensis  perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers
  member:  #genus_Desmodium__Desmodium  beggarweed; tick trefoil
     member:  #tick_trefoil__beggar_lice__beggar's_lice  any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
  member:  #genus_Dipogon__Dipogon  1 species: Australian pea
     member:  #Australian_pea__Dipogon_lignosus__Dolichos_lignosus  South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  member:  #genus_Dolichos__Dolichos  genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma
  member:  #genus_Erythrina  genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers
     member:  #coral_tree__coraltree__erythrina  any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
  member:  #genus_Galega__Galega  small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue
     member:  #goat_rue__goat's_rue__Galega_officinalis  tall bushy European perennial grown for its masses of light-textured pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
  member:  #genus_Gastrolobium  genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to livestock: poison bush
     member:  #poison_bush__poison_pea__gastrolobium  any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
  member:  #genus_Genista__Genista  chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom
     member:  #broom_tree__broomtree__needle_furze__petty_whin__pettywhin__Genista_anglica  prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe
     member:  #Spanish_gorse__Spanish_broom__Genista_hispanica  erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
     member:  #woodwaxen__dyer's_greenweed__dyer's-broom__dyeweed__greenweed__whin__woadwaxen__Genista_tinctoria  small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England and United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
  member:  #genus_Geoffroea__Geoffroea  small genus of shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical America
     member:  #chanar__chanal__Geoffroea_decorticans  thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries
  member:  #genus_Gliricidia  small genus of low-branching profusely flowering trees of tropical America
     member:  #gliricidia  any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous
  member:  #genus_Glycine__Glycine  genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
     member:  #soya__soy__soybean__soya_bean__soybean_plant__soybeanplant__soja__soja_bean__Glycine_max__glycinemax  erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
  member:  #genus_Glycyrrhiza__Glycyrrhiza  sticky perennial Eurasian herbs
     member:  #Glycyrrhiza_glabra__licorice__liquorice  deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots
     member:  #wild_licorice__wild_liquorice__American_licorice__American_liquorice__Glycyrrhiza_lepidota  North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
  member:  #genus_Halimodendron__Halimodendron  1 species: salt tree
     member:  #salt_tree__Halimodendron_halodendron__Halimodendron_argenteum  spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery-downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms
  member:  #genus_Hardenbergia__Hardenbergia  small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia
     member:  #Western_Australia_coral_pea__Hardenbergia_comnptoniana  vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
  member:  #genus_Hedysarum__Hedysarum  genus of herbs of north temperate regions
     member:  #sweet_vetch__sweetvetch__Hedysarum_boreale  perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints
     member:  #French_honeysuckle__sulla__Hedysarum_coronarium  perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop
  member:  #genus_Hippocrepis__Hippocrepis  species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch
  member:  #genus_Hovea  genus of Australian evergreen shrubs
     member:  #hovea__purple_pea  any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
  member:  #genus_Indigofera__Indigofera  genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes
     member:  #indigo_plant__indigo__Indigofera_tinctoria  deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
  member:  #genus_Jacksonia__Jacksonia  genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches
  member:  #genus_Kennedia__Kennedia__Kennedya__genus_Kennedya  genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers
     member:  #coral_pea__coralpea  any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers
  member:  #genus_Lablab__Lablab  1 species: hyacinth bean
     member:  #hyacinth_bean__bonavist__Indian_bean__Egyptian_bean__Lablab_purpureus__Dolichos_lablab  perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  member:  #genus_Laburnum__Laburnum  flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers; all parts of the plant are poisonous
     member:  #Scotch_laburnum__Alpine_golden_chain__Laburnum_alpinum  an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum
     member:  #common_laburnum__golden_chain__golden_rain__Laburnum_anagyroides  an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations
  member:  #genus_Lathyrus__Lathyrus  genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea
     member:  #vetchling  any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils
     member:  #everlasting_pea  any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus
     member:  #broad-leaved_everlasting_pea__perennial_pea__perennialpea__Lathyrus_latifolius  perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
     member:  #beach_pea__beachpea__sea_pea__Lathyrus_maritimus__Lathyrus_japonicus  wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder
     member:  #black_pea__blackpea__Lathyrus_niger  perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
     member:  #grass_vetch__grass_vetchling__grassvetchling__Lathyrus_nissolia  annual European vetch with red flowers
     member:  #sweet_pea__sweetpea__Lathyrus_odoratus  climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers
     member:  #marsh_pea__marshpea__Lathyrus_palustris  scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
     member:  #common_vetchling__meadow_pea__yellow_vetchling__Lathyrus_pratensis  scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
     member:  #grass_pea__grasspea__Indian_pea__khesari__Lathyrus_sativus  European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
     member:  #pride_of_California__Lathyrus_splendens  shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
     member:  #narrow-leaved_everlasting_pea__flat_pea__Lathyrus_sylvestris  European perennial with mottled purple-pink flowers; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
     member:  #Tangier_pea__Tangier_peavine__Lalthyrus_tingitanus  North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
     member:  #heath_pea__heathpea__earth-nut_pea__earthnutpea__earthnut_pea__tuberous_vetch__Lathyrus_tuberosus  European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
     member:  #spring_vetchling__spring_vetch__Lathyrus_vernus  bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
  member:  #genus_Lespedeza  genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States
     member:  #bush_clover__lespedeza  shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
     member:  #bicolor_lespediza__bicolorlespediza__ezo-yama-hagi__Lespedeza_bicolor  Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of wild-bird feed
     member:  #japanese_clover__japan_clover__japanclover__jap_clover__japclover__Lespedeza_striata  an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States
     member:  #Korean_lespedeza__Lespedeza_stipulacea  annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions
     member:  #sericea_lespedeza__sericealespedeza__Lespedeza_sericea__Lespedeza_cuneata  perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land
  member:  #genus_Lens__Lens  genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
  member:  #genus_Lonchocarpus__Lonchocarpus  genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers
     member:  #cube.plant  any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
  member:  #genus_Lotus__Lotus  annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
     member:  #bird's_foot_clover__bird's_foot_trefoil__babies'_slippers__bacon_and_eggs__Lotus_corniculatus  European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
  member:  #genus_Lupinus__Lupinus  herbs or shrubs: lupin
     member:  #lupine__lupin  any plant of the genus Lupin; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
     member:  #tree_lupine__Lupinus_arboreus  evergreen shrub of United States Pacific coast having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia
     member:  #wild_lupine__sundial_lupine__sundiallupine__Indian_beet__old-maid's_bonnet__Lupinus_perennis  stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
  member:  #genus_Macrotyloma__Macrotyloma  annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia; plants often placed in genus Dolichos
     member:  #horse_gram__horsegram__horse_grain__horsegrain__poor_man's_pulse__Macrotyloma_uniflorum__Dolichos_biflorus  twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  member:  #genus_Millettia  genus of trees and shrubs of the Old World tropics
     member:  #millettia  any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood
  member:  #genus_Mucuna__Stizolobium__genus_Stizolobium  genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters
     member:  #mucuna  any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
  member:  #genus_Myroxylon__Myroxylon  a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers
     member:  #tolu_tree__tolu_balsam_tree__Myroxylon_balsamum__Myroxylon_toluiferum  medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
     member:  #Peruvian_balsam__Myroxylon_pereirae__Myroxylon_balsamum_pereirae  tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam
  member:  #genus_Onobrychis__Onobrychis  genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods
     member:  #sainfoin__sanfoin__holy_clover__esparcet__Onobrychis_viciifolia__Onobrychis_viciaefolia  Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
  member:  #genus_Ononis__Ononis  genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow
     member:  #Ononis_repens__restharrow  European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners
     member:  #restharrow__Ononis_spinosa  Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots
  member:  #genus_Ormosia__Ormosia  genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood
     member:  #necklace_tree  a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads
     member:  #bead_tree__jumby_bean__jumbybean__jumby_tree__jumbytree__Ormosia_monosperma  small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong slender-pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
     member:  #jumby_bead__jumbybead__jumbie_bead__Ormosia_coarctata  West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
  member:  #genus_Oxytropis__Oxytropis  large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pealike corolla with a clawed petal
     member:  #locoweed__crazyweed__crazy_weed__crazyweed  any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
  member:  #genus_Pachyrhizus__Pachyrhizus  small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots
     member:  #Pachyrhizus_erosus__yam_bean__yambean  Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils
     member:  #yam_bean__yambean__potato_bean__Pachyrhizus_tuberosus  twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
  member:  #genus_Parochetus__Parochetus  1 species: shamrock pea
     member:  #shamrock_pea__Parochetus_communis  trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt blue flowers
  member:  #genus_Phaseolus__Phaseolus  herbs of warm regions including most American beans
     member:  #common_bean_plant__common_bean__Phaseolus_vulgaris  the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
     member:  #frijol__kidney_bean__frijole  the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
     member:  #green_bean.common_bean_plant__greenbean  a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
     member:  #wax_bean__waxbean  a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod
     member:  #lima_bean_plant__lima_bean__Phaseolus_limensis  bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
     member:  #sieva_bean__sievabean__butterbean__butter-bean_plant__lima_bean__Phaseolus_lunatus  bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
     member:  #tepary_bean__Phaseolus_acutifolius_latifolius  twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans
  member:  #genus_Pickeringia__Pickeringia  1 species: chaparral pea
     member:  #chaparral_pea__chaparralpea__stingaree-bush__stingareebush__Pickeringia_montana  spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose-purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
  member:  #genus_Piscidia__Piscidia  genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons
     member:  #Jamaica_dogwood__fish_fuddle__Piscidia_piscipula__Piscidia_erythrina  small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons
  member:  #genus_Pisum__Pisum  small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas
     member:  #pea_plant__peaplant__pea  a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
     member:  #garden_pea_plant__garden_pea__common_pea__Pisum_sativum  plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
  member:  #genus_Platylobium__Platylobium  small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs
     member:  #flat_pea__Platylobium_formosum  evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pealike flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania
     member:  #common_flat_pea__native_holly__Playlobium_obtusangulum  low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
  member:  #genus_Platymiscium__Platymiscium  genus of tropical American trees: quira
     member:  #quira  any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber
  member:  #genus_Podalyria__Podalyria  genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora
  member:  #genus_Pongamia__Pongamia  1 species: Indian beech
     member:  #Indian_beech__Pongamia_glabra  evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree
  member:  #genus_Psophocarpus__Psophocarpus  species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs
     member:  #winged_bean__winged_pea__goa_bean__goabean__goa_bean_vine__Manila_bean__Psophocarpus_tetragonolobus  tuberous-rooted twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  member:  #genus_Psoralea__Psoralea  widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
     member:  #Indian_breadroot__breadroot__pomme_blanche__pommeblanche__pomme_de_prairie__Psoralea_esculenta  densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots
  member:  #genus_Pterocarpus__Pterocarpus  genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods
     member:  #bloodwood_tree__bloodwoodtree__kiaat__Pterocarpus_angolensis  deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood
     member:  #padauk__padouk__amboyna__Pterocarpus_indicus  tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
     member:  #Burma_padauk__Burmese_rosewood__Pterocarpus_macrocarpus  tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany
     member:  #kino__Pterocarpus_marsupium  East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
     member:  #red_sandalwood__redsandalwood__red_sanders__red_sanderswood__redsanderswood__red_saunders__Pterocarpus_santalinus  tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
  member:  #genus_Pueraria__Pueraria  genus of woody Asiatic vines: kudzu
     member:  #kudzu_vine__kudzuvine__kudzu__Pueraria_lobata  fast-growing East Asian vine having hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long many-seed hairy pods and tuberous starchy roots; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States
  member:  #genus_Retama__Retama  small genus of mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista
     member:  #retem__raetam__juniper_bush__juniperbush__juniper__Retama_raetam__Genista_raetam  desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
  member:  #genus_Robinia__Robinia  deciduous flowering trees and shrubs
     member:  #bristly_locust__bristlylocust__rose_acacia__moss_locust__Robinia_hispida  large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
     member:  #yellow_locust__black_locust__blacklocust__robiniapseudoacacia  large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions
     member:  #clammy_locust__Robinia_viscosa  small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds
  member:  #genus_Sabinea__Sabinea  small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood
     member:  #carib_wood__caribwood__Sabinea_carinalis  small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges
  member:  #genus_Sesbania  small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees
     member:  #sesbania  any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers
     member:  #scarlet_wisteria_tree__vegetable_hummingbird__vegetablehummingbird__Sesbania_grandiflora  soft-wooded tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies
  member:  #genus_Sophora__Sophora  cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria
     member:  #Japanese_pagoda_tree__Chinese_scholartree__Chinese_scholar_tree__Sophora_japonica__Sophora_sinensis  handsome round-headed deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
     member:  #mescal_bean__coral_bean__coralbean__frijolito__frijolillo__Sophora_secundiflora  shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
     member:  #kowhai__Sophora_tetraptera  shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood
  member:  #genus_Spartium__Spartium  1 species: Spanish broom
     member:  #Spanish_broom__weaver's_broom__Spartium_junceum  tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
  member:  #genus_Strongylodon__Strongylodon  genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines
     member:  #jade_vine__emerald_creeper__emeraldcreeper__Strongylodon_macrobotrys  vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws
  member:  #genus_Templetonia__Templetonia  genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush
     member:  #coral_bush__coralbush__flame_bush__flamebush__Templetonia_retusa  Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
  member:  #genus_Tephrosia__Tephrosia  genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas
     member:  #hoary_pea__hoarypea  a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
  member:  #genus_Thermopsis__Thermopsis  genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas
     member:  #bush_pea  any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers
  member:  #genus_Tipuana__Tipuana  1 species: South American tree: tipu tree
     member:  #tipu_tree__tipu__yellow_jacaranda__pride_of_Bolivia  semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental
  member:  #genus_Trigonella__Trigonella  Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs
     member:  #bird's_foot_trefoil__Trigonella_ornithopodioides  Old World herb related to fenugreek
     member:  #fenugreek__Greek_clover__Trigonella_foenumgraecum  annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry
  member:  #genus_Ulex__Ulex  genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse
     member:  #Irish_gorse__gorse__furze__whin__Ulex_europaeus  very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
  member:  #genus_Vicia__Vicia  widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
     member:  #vetch  any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants
     member:  #tare.vetch  any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
     member:  #broadbean__broad_bean__broadbean__broad-bean_plant__English_bean__European_bean__field_bean__fieldbean__Vicia_faba  Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
     member:  #hairy_vetch__hairy_tare__hairytare__Vicia_villosa  European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
  member:  #genus_Vigna__Vigna  genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus
     member:  #moth_bean__Vigna_aconitifolia__Phaseolus_aconitifolius  East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and soil-conditioning; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
     member:  #adzuki_bean__adsuki_bean__Vigna_angularis__Phaseolus_angularis  bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
     member:  #snailflower__snail_flower__snailflower__snail_bean__snailbean__corkscrew_flower__corkscrewflower__Vigna_caracalla__Phaseolus_caracalla__phaseoluscaracalla  perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
     member:  #mung_bean__mung__green_gram__greengram__golden_gram__Vigna_radiata__Phaseolus_aureus  erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
     member:  #cowpea_plant__cowpea__black-eyed_pea__Vigna_unguiculata__Vigna_sinensis  sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
     member:  #asparagus_bean__asparagusbean__yard-long_bean__Vigna_unguiculata_sesquipedalis__Vigna_sesquipedalis  South American bean having very long succulent pods
  member:  #genus_Viminaria__Viminaria  1 species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak
     member:  #swamp_oak__swampoak__Viminaria_juncea__Viminaria_denudata  Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
  member:  #genus_Virgilia__Virgilia  genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods
     member:  #Virgilia_capensis__keurboom__Virgilia_oroboides  tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers
     member:  #keurboom__Virgilia_divaricata  fast-growing round-headed tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental
  member:  #genus_Wisteria  Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods; widely grown as an ornamental
     member:  #wisteria__wistaria  any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria

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