Legume Plant
Legumes are members of a family of flowering plants known as Leguminosae.
Legume plant. Or frozen or pickled for later use. Legumes are a significant component of nearly all terrestrial biomes on all continents except Antarctica. Legumes come from the family Leguminosae and a trait all legumes share is that they grow in a type of pod.
Once the annual legume plant such as sub clover or medic dies off in early summer or the perennial clovers and lucerne dry off and drop leaves and replace roots nitrogen is released into the soil for use by other pasture plants. Khejri tree Prosopis cineraria 4. These seeds eaten as food.
Additionally an in-depth spatial assessment of legume root microbiomes would be insightful eg by profiling the bacteria communities of root tissues with the nodules removed as well as inside the root nodules. Legume also called pod fruitof plants in the pea family Fabaceae. 8 9 13 14 and 15They may be pinnate Figure 2-1.
Legume plants have evolved to have a partnership with a bacteria that it hosts on its roots. For a broader description of legume microbiomes future work investigating the variation in multiple soil types and comparisons with non-legume plants is needed. The leaves are usually alternate Figure 2 -1.
Most legumes are dehiscent fruits that release their seeds by splitting open along two seams though some such as peanutsArachis hypogaea and carobsCeratonia siliqua do not naturally open. The symbiotic relationship that legume plants establish with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria is central to their advantage. English Language Learners Definition of legume.
Sprouts and pods of some legumes are picked and eaten fresh. That is all one really needs to know about the process. Plant Soil 266261272 CrossRef Google Scholar.