ʻO kalegumeHe hui nui lākou o mea kanu dicotyledonous, mahi ʻia a hihiu paha, ka mea i loaʻa ka hiʻohiona ʻano like ʻole o ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he hua a wahī, i loko o kahi e waiho ai nā ʻanoʻano. I ke oʻo ʻana, wehe lōʻihi kēia hua i loko ʻelua leaflets e ʻae i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka na anoano, ʻoiai aia kekahi mau ʻano me nā hua aneane indehiscent.
ʻO kapolokaI kekahi mau hihia, ʻai ʻia lākou a pau, e like me ka pīni; a i kekahi mau manawa ka na anoano mai kona loko e hoʻopau e like me nā hua (beans, soybeans, lentils, chickpeas, peas, peanuts); lawelawe nā legume ʻē aʻe i hānai, e hānai holoholona, e like me alfalfa a i ʻole clover. ʻO nā mea hope loa he ʻano meli maikaʻi e hoʻohihi i nā pi.
ʻO ka lāʻau legume Hoʻolahalaha nui ʻia lākou i nā wahi tropical, kahi e hiki ai i nā nui nui. ʻO Tipas, ceibos a me nā lāʻau carob keʻokeʻo, no ka laʻana, he legume, i kekahi mau manawa hoʻohana ʻia kā lākou wahie.
Loaʻa iā mākouma mua o 700 genera a aneane 20,000 laha i ka honua.
ʻO ka legume loaʻa i ka peculiarity o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale kūikawā i kā lākou aʻa i kapa ʻia nodule. ʻO kēia nā hopena o ka launa pū ma waena o kēia mau mea kanu a me nā bacteria hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ka nitrogen lewa, e ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi simbiosis me nā mea kanu.
ʻO lākou no kēia kumu nā ʻano kōkua i ka momona o ka lepo, ʻoiai ua hoʻohui ʻia kēlā nitrogen i ka holo lōʻihi i ka lepo. ʻO kēia ke kumu e komo ai nā wahi hānai i nā ʻano legume. ʻO ka pua Ke paʻi nei nā legume he nui i ke ʻano o ke kinona a me nā kala, e like me ka broom, kahi melemele ikaika, a i ʻole ka ceibo, me nā pua ʻulaʻula.
Kāhea ʻia kahi kanu legume kūikawā nui loa mimosa lahilahi, hoʻohilahila A i ʻole maʻalahi mimosa. Kona inoa ʻepekema ʻo Mimosa pudica. ʻO kēia legume ka peculiarity o pane i ka stimulus o ka hoʻopā, no ka mea, kūlou koke kona mau lau a me kona mau lālā ke pili.
Manaʻo ʻia ua hana ʻia kēia ma ke ʻano he pale pale, i mea e simulate ai i ka mae ʻana a no laila ʻaʻole maikaʻi i nā pepelu a me nā meaola predatory ʻē aʻe.
Hōʻike ka papa inoa aʻe i nā laʻana o nā ʻano mea kanu na ka legume:
| Mau pi | Tipa |
| ʻO Soy | Ceibo |
| Kiʻi | Laʻau Carob |
| Lentilā | Kanakaʻole |
| Pihi | Koʻokoʻo Brazil |
| Lupine | Robinia pseudoacacia |
| Alfalfa | ʻO Sophora |
| ʻO Clover | Pepeiao ʻeleʻele |
| ʻO Chickpea | Nā candicans Bahuinia |
| ʻAkasia | Astragalus |
