Pulses Crops of Pakistan


              These crops belong to the family leguminoseae or Fabaceae and grown for their edibe seed.


S.NO
ENGLISH NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
LOCAL NAME
FAMILY
1.        
Mung bean,
(Vigna radiata)
Golden gram, Green gram
Fabaceae
2.        
Chickpea
(Cicer arietinum)
Gram, Chole, Chana
Fabaceae
3.        
Lentil
(Lens culinaris)
Masoor
Fabaceae
4.        
Lima bean,
(Phaseolus lunatus)
Butter bean
Fabaceae
5.        
Pea
(Pisum sativum)
Mater
Fabaceae
6.        
Cowpea
(Vigna unguiculata)
Rawan, Lobia
Fabaceae
7.        
Pigeon pea
(Cajanus cajan)
Arhar
Fabaceae
8.        
Field bean
(Vicia faba)
Broad Bean, Fava Bean, Faba bean
Fabaceae
9.        
Mash bean
(Vigna mungo)
Black gram
Fabaceae
10.    
Alfalfa
(Medicago sativa)
Lucern
Fabaceae

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