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Souchet Comestible (French); Erdmandel (German), Chufa (Portuguese; Cebollín

(Spanish), Juncia Avellanada (Spanish)

Earth NutArachis hypogea. Groundnut—see 2B

Earth Pea(Nut) Voandzeia subterranea (Syn. Vigna subterranea). Bambara

Groundnut—see2G

Peavine, Tuberous Vetch. Gesse Tubéreuse (French);

Knollenplatterbse (German); Arveja Tuberosa (Spanish)

Field Bean Phaseolus vulgaris or Vicia faba. Haricot Bean or Broad Bean—2B

Field Pea Pisum sativum (Syn.P. arvense)—see2B

Four-angled (-cornered) BeanPsophocarpus tetragonolobus. Winged Bean—2G

French BeanPhaseolus vulgaris. Haricot Bean, Frijoles etc—see 2B

Goa Bean Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. Winged Bean—see 2G

GooberArachis hypogea. Groundnut, Peanut—see 2B

Grass PeaLathryus sativus. Vetch—see2G

Green BeanPhaseolus vulgaris. Haricot (French) Bean—see 2B

Green GramPhaseolus aureus (Syn. Vigna radiata). Oorud Bean, Mung Bean—2B

Ground Bean Voandzeia subterranea (Syn. Vigna subterranea). Bambara

Groundnut—see2G, and Kersting’s GroundnutKerstingiella geocarpa

GroundnutArachis hypogea—see2B

GuarCyamopsis tetragonolobus. Cluster Bean—see above

Haricot BeanPhaseolus vulgaris. French Bean—see 2B

Hausa (Groundnut) Kerstingiella geocarpa (Syn.Voandzeia geocarpa). Kersting’s

Groundnut, Geocarpa (Groundnut), Ground Bean—also for Bambara Groundnut;

Lentille de Terre, Fève de Kandela (French)

Horse BeanVicia faba. Broad (Field) Bean—see 2B. Also Jack Bean, see below

Horse Gram Macrotyloma uniflorus (Syn.Dolichos uniflorus, D.biflorus). Kulthi

(Bean), Madras Gram, Horse Grain, Chickpea; Grain de Cheval (French)

Horse Tamarind Leucaena leucocephala. Leucaena, Leadtree, White Popinac—2G

Hyacinth BeanLablab purpureus (Syn.L. niger, L. vulgaris, Dolichos lablab).

Lablab, Bonavist(a) Bean, Seim Bean, Egyptian Bean, Indian (Butter) Bean; Ataque,

Dolic (d’Egypte), Dolic du Soudan (French); Feijão Cutelinho, Feijão da Índia,

Cumandatiá, Labelabe (Portuguese)

Indian Potato Apios americana. American Groundnut, Potato Bean

Indian VetchLathyrus sativus. Grass Pea—see 2B

Jack BeanCanavalia ensiformis. Horse Bean, Common Jack Bean; Feijão Espada,

Feijão de Cobra, Feijão de Porco, Feijão Holandês (Portuguese)

JícamaPachyrrhizus erosus. Yam Bean (edible tubers and young pods)

Jerusalem PeaVigna radiata (Syn.Phaseolus aureus). Mung Bean—see 2B

Jugo(a) Bean Voandzeia subterranea (Syn. Vigna subterranea). Bambara

Groundnut—see2G

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Yellow Nut Sedge, Yellow Nut Grass. Amande de Terre (French), Choufa (French),

Earth Almond Cyperus esculentus. Chufa, Earth Almond, Tigernut, Water Grass,

Earth-nut PeaLathyrus tuberosa. Earth Chestnut, Earthnut Pea, Groundnut

Golden GramVigna radiata (Syn.Phaseolus aureus). Mung Bean, Yellow Gram—2B