Bean family

Giant Sensitive Plant, Giant Sensitive Fern

Origin: Tropical Africa

Persian silk tree

Origin: The wild type originates from Asia (East Asia, West Asia, Caucasus)

Height, habit: Deciduous tree or shrub, up to 8 meters

Leadplant

Origin: North America (Canada, USA)

Height: 30 to 100 centimeters

USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)

Peanut

Liquorice Milkvetch

Origin: Europe to Western Asia

Vigna angularis

Edible: Yes

Lotus corniculatus

Vigna unguiculata

Edible: Yes

Butterfly Pea, Centro

Origin: South America and naturalized in other tropical or subtropical regions.

Cicer arietinum

Bladder-Senna

Origin: Europe (Central Europe, South-East Europe, South-West Europe), North Africa

Height: 1 to 4 meters

Edible: No

Common broom

Edible: No

Trigonella foenum-graecum

Origin: The wild type is native to Eastern Europe and some Asian regions.

Height: 30 to 80 centimeters

Edible: Yes

Trigonella foenum-graecum

Edible: Yes

Goat's-Rue

Origin: Asia, Europe and North Africa

Height: 50 to 100 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Honey locust

Origin: North America (USA, Mexico)

Soybean, Soya Bean

Lathyrus sativus

Edible: Yes

Legumes

Edible: Yes

Sweet Pea

Origin: The wild type is native to Italy.

Tuberous Pea

Origin: Asia, Europe and as an introduced species also in some parts of North America.

Lens culinaris

Edible: Yes

Spotted medic

Yellow sweet clover

Vigna aconitifolia

Edible: Yes

Vigna radiata

Edible: Yes

Common restharrow

Pisum sativum

Edible: Yes

Season: The year round

Arachis hypogaea

Edible: Yes

Runner Bean, Scarlet Runner Bean

Origin: The wild type is native to Central America.

Trifolium pratense

Trifolium pratense

Prostrate Kowhai

Glycine max

Edible: Yes

Tapered false lupin

Origin: Temperate Asia

Height, habit: Perennial herbaceous plant, 40 to 60 centimetres tall

Haresfoot Clover

Sulphur clover

Edible: Yes

Red clover

Western Gorse

Origin: Europe (France, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain)

Height, habit: Evergreen shrub, 50 to 150 centimeters

Bush Vetch, Hedge Vetch

Japanese Wisteria

Origin: Eastern Asia

Chinese Wisteria

Origin: The wild type is native to Eastern Asia.