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Sword Bean

Legumes and Legume Products

The sword bean, also called the scimitar bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume family Fabaceae. It is used as a vegetable in interior central and south central India, though it is not commercially farmed there, and its unripe pods are also eaten as a vegetable in parts of Africa and Asia.

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