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Grain Legumes: Common Names and Scientific Names

Adzuki bean, azuki bean, Adanka bean, (Vigna angularis, syn.: Phaseolus angularis)
Broad bean, faba bean, fava bean, bell bean, field bean (Vicia faba)
(large-seeded broadbeans, windsorbeans- V. faba var. major)
(horsebeans- V. faba) var. major)
(small, round-oval seeded tickbean, pigeon bean- V. faba var. minor)
Vetch, common vetch (Vicia sativa)
Common bean, common field bean, kidney bean, habichuela, snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Chick pea, Bengal gram, calvance pea, chestnut bean, dwarf pea, garbanza, garbanzo bean, garbanzos, gram, gram pea, yellow gram (Cicer arietinum)
Cowpea, asparagus bean, black eyed pea, black eyed bean, crowder pea, field pea, southern pea, frijole, paayap (Vigna unguiculata, syn.: Vigna sinensis)
Guar bean, cluster bean, (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba)
Hyacinth bean, bonavist, bataw, lablab (Dolichos lablab)
Lentil (Lens culinaris)
Lima bean, butter bean, patani (Phaseolus lunatus)
Lupin, lupine, lupine, sweet lupin (Lupinus spp.)
(white lupin- L. albus)
(blue lupin (L. angustifolius)
(yellow lupin- L. luteus)
(Andean lupin, pearl lupin, chocho- L. mutabilis)
(wild lupin- L. perennis)
Mung bean, mungbean, mungo, (Vigna radiata, syn.: Phaseolus aureus)
Pea, dry pea, podded pea, snap pea, chicharo, (Pisum sativum)
Peanut, groundnut, earth nut, mani, runner peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
Pigeon pea, kadios (Cajanus cajan)
Soybean, soya, soyabean (Glycine max)
Tepary bean, tepari bean (Phaseolus acutifolius)