The name 'Fabaceae' comes from the defunct genus Faba, now included in Vicia. The term "faba" comes from … See more

Fabaceae range in habit from giant trees (like Koompassia excelsa) to small annual herbs, with the majority being herbaceous perennials. Plants have indeterminate inflorescences, which are sometimes reduced to … See more

The order Fabales contains around 7.3% of eudicot species and the greatest part of this diversity is contained in just one of the four families that the order contains: Fabaceae. This clade also includes the families Polygalaceae… See more

The Fabaceae have an essentially worldwide distribution, being found everywhere except Antarctica and the high Arctic. The trees are often found in tropical regions, while the herbaceous plants and shrubs are … See more

Legumes are economically and culturally important plants due to their extraordinary diversity and abundance, the wide variety of edible vegetables they represent and due to the variety of uses they can be put to: in hortic… See more

• The Cockspur Coral Tree (Erythrina crista-galli), is the National Flower of Argentina and Uruguay.
• The Elephant ear tree (Enterolobium cyclocarpum) is the national tree of Costa Rica, by Executive Order of 31 August 1959. … See more

• Fabaceae at the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
• LegumeWeb Database at the International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) See more