Legume
<p>A <b >legume</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >ˈlɛɡʲuːm</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany" title="Botany" >botanical writing</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant" title="Plant" >plant</a> in the family <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae" title="Fabaceae" >Fabaceae</a> (or Leguminosae), or a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit" title="Fruit" >fruit</a> of these specific plants.</p>
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A legume fruit is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit#Simple_fruit" title="Fruit" >simple dry fruit</a> that develops from a simple <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpel" title="Carpel" class="mw-redirect" >carpel</a> and usually <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiscence_(botany)" title="Dehiscence (botany)" >dehisces</a> (opens along a seam) on
two sides. A common name for this type of fruit is a <b >pod</b>, although the term "pod" is also applied to a few other fruit types, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla" title="Vanilla" >vanilla</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radish" title="Radish" >radish</a>. </p>
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Well-known legumes include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa" title="Alfalfa" >alfalfa</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover" title="Clover" >clover</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea" title="Pea" >peas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean" title="Bean" >beans</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil" title="Lentil" >lentils</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin" title="Lupin" class="mw-redirect" >lupins</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesquite" title="Mesquite" >mesquite</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carob" title="Carob" class="mw-redirect" >carob</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy" title="Soy" class="mw-redirect" >soy</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut" title="Peanut" >peanuts</a>. Locust trees (<i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleditsia" title="Gleditsia" >Gleditsia</a></i> or <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia" title="Robinia" >Robinia</a></i>), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria" title="Wisteria" >wisteria</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_coffeetree" title="Kentucky coffeetree" >Kentucky coffeetree</a> (<i >Gymnocladus dioicus</i>) are also legumes.<sup id="cite_ref-CDI_0-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legumes#cite_note-CDI-0" >[1]</a></sup> They are referred to in India as Kathod or pulses. <sup id="cite_ref-kathod_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legumes#cite_note-kathod-1" >[2]</a></sup></p>