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Fabaceae

The pea family

The legumes: peas, beans, lentils and peanuts, as well as fenugreek and tamarind.

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⚠️ Worth knowing

Peanut, soya and lupin are in this family, and some people with peanut or chickpea allergy have reacted to fenugreek; see Spice allergies.

🌿 Herbs (1)

Fenugreek leaves (methi)
Bitter, savoury greens with a maple-syrup scent

🫚 Spices (3)

Fenugreek
Bitter seed, maple-syrup aroma, and a key note in curry
Tamarind
Sticky sweet-sour pod pulp behind pad thai, sambar and Worcestershire sauce
Tonka bean
A wrinkled black seed smelling of vanilla, almond and fresh hay — used by the pinch

Related families

Others in Rosids.

Myrtaceae · myrtle family Lythraceae · loosestrife family Rosaceae · rose family Urticaceae · nettle family Brassicaceae · cabbage and mustard family Bixaceae · annatto family Rutaceae · citrus family Anacardiaceae · cashew family

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