Macrotyloma
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Macrotyloma is a genus of plants in the legume family
which include several species of edible bean
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Species include:
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
which include several species of edible bean
Bean
Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed....
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Species include:
- Macrotyloma africanum
- Macrotyloma axillare
- Macrotyloma daltonii
- Macrotyloma densiflorum
- Macrotyloma ellipticum
- Macrotyloma geocarpumMacrotyloma geocarpumMacrotyloma geocarpum, also known as the geocarpa groundnut, Hausa groundnut, or Kersting's groundnut, is an herbaceous annual plant and a crop of minor economic importance in Sub-Saharan Africa, tolerant of drought, with a growth habit similar to that of the peanut.Yields of 500kg/ha in dry...
- Kersting's groundnut, ground bean - Macrotyloma maranguense
- Macrotyloma oliganthum
- Macrotyloma rupestre
- Macrotyloma stenophyllum
- Macrotyloma stipulosum
- Macrotyloma tenuiflorum
- Macrotyloma uniflorumHorse gramHorse Gram is one of the lesser known beans. The whole seeds of horse gram are generally utilized as cattle feed. However, it is consumed as a whole seed, as sprouts, or as whole meal by a large population in rural areas of southern India. Medical uses of these legumes have been discussed...
- horse gram, kulthi