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. 2022 Jul 1;283:108541. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108541

Table 4.

Examples of grain legumes grown in cereal-based cropping systems.

Species Common name (s) Principal regions of production and comments
Arachis hypogaea groundnut, peanut West and South Asia, Africa, North and South America
Cajanus cajan pigeon pea South Asia, Africa
Cicer arietinum chickpea, Bengal gram Mainly South Asia, but widely grown elsewhere
Glycine max soy(a)bean North and South America, East and South Asia
Lablab purpureus lablab bean, lablab, hyacinth bean Native to Africa, but also cultivated throughout tropical regions of Asia
Lathyrus sativus grasspea, blue sweet pea, chickling pea South Asia and East Africa, particularly in areas prone to drought
Lens culinaris lentil North America, South and West Asia
Lupinus spp. lupins Australasia, Europe, Middle East, Russia
Macrotyloma uniflorum horse gram Tropical South Asia and South-East Asia
Phaseolus lunatus lima bean Temperate USA and other arid areas
Phaseolus vulgaris common bean, dry beans, French bean, navy bean East Africa, North and South America, West and South-East Europe
Pisum sativum pea, field pea Most regions of the world. Used as a green vegetable or dry grain
Vicia faba faba bean, broad bean East and West Asia, Europe, Africa. Used as a green vegetable or dry grain
Vicia sativa vetch Predominantly Africa and Europe, but also grown in the other regions
Vigna mungo black gram, urad South and South-East Asia
Vigna radiata mungbean, green gram South and South-East Asia
Vigna unguiculata cowpea Semi-arid Africa, especially Nigeria
Vigna subterranea Bambara groundnut Production restricted to Africa