I am generally unimpressed with Obamaâs scholarship. As best I can determine, there is not a whole lot of there there. Whenever Bambi talks about a subject I know well, it becomes evident that he does not know what he is talking about.
Well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts and tamarind. A legume fruit is a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides.A common name for this type of fruit is a pod, although the term pod is also applied to a few other fruit types, such as that of vanilla (a capsule) and of radish (a silique).rain legumes are cultivated for their seeds, and are also called pulses. The seeds are used for human and animal consumption or for the production of oils for industrial uses. Grain legumes include beans, lentils, lupins, peas, and peanuts.
1 Pulses are part of the legume family, but the term âpulseâ refers only to the dried seed. 2  Dried peas, edible beans, lentils and chickpeas are the most common varieties of pulses. 3  Pulses are very high in protein and fibre, and are low in fat. Legume: 2  The term legume refers to the plants whose fruit is enclosed in a pod. 3  Legumes represent a vast family of plants including more than 600 genera and more than 13,000 species. 4  When growing, legumes fix nitrogen into the soil, which reduces the need for chemical fertilizers.