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Legumes

Fabaceae

Legumes are special plants that grow in pods and can be found in many places. They are important for the soil and can help feed people and animals.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Legumes family encompasses plants with diverse forms, often featuring pinnately compound leaves. Many produce characteristic pea-like flowers, typically in shades of white, yellow, pink, or purple, and develop distinctive seed pods.

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Legumes
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Legumes

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Seltenheit

Common

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Interessante Fakten

Did you know a single peanut plant can grow up to 50 peanuts underground?

Some ancient legume seeds, like Arctic lupine, have sprouted after 10,000 years!

The amazing Mimosa pudica, a legume, can quickly fold its leaves when you touch them!

The pods of certain legumes, such as carob, are eaten and even used as a chocolate substitute!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Nitrogen Factory

Legumes can house special bacteria in their roots that convert air's nitrogen into plant food.

Fähigkeit

Seed Slingers

Legumes develop unique seed pods that protect seeds and often split open to disperse them far away.

Fähigkeit

Root Buddies

Legumes form a helpful partnership with bacteria, sharing food and making soil richer.

Maße und Details

Höhe
5-3000 cm
Ausbreitung
5-2000 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-15 cm
Blütezeit
Spring-summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Rhizobium bacteria

Rhizobium leguminosarum

fixes nitrogen in root nodules for legumes

pollinates

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

visits legume flowers for their abundant nectar

eaten by

European Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

feeds on clover and other low-growing legumes

parasitizes

Common Broomrape

Orobanche minor

attaches to legume roots, drawing nutrients

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

BeansLentilsPeas

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Sicherheit

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Always wash your hands after touching plants, and don't eat anything you find outside without asking an adult.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Legumes?

5-3000 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Legumes?

5-2000 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Legumes?

0.5-15 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Legumes?

Spring-summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Legumes?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Legumes?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Legumes?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Legumes?

Insekten

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