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This list of edible seeds includes seeds that are directly foodstuffs, rather than yielding derived products. A variety of species can provide edible seeds. Of the six major plant parts, seeds are the dominant source of human calories and protein. The other five major plant parts are roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Most edible seeds are angiosperms, but a few are gymnosperms. The most important global seed food source, by weight, is cereals, followed by legumes, and nuts. The list is divided into the following categories: * Legumes, including beans and other protein-rich soft seeds. * Cereals (or grains) are grass-like crops that are harvested for their dry seeds. These seeds are often ground to make flour. Cereals provide almost half of all calories consumed in the world. Botanically, true cereals are members of the Poaceae, the true grass family. * * Pseudocereals are cereal crops that are not grasses. * Nuts are botanically a specific type of fruit, but the term is also applied to many edible seeds that are not nuts in a botanical sense. * * Gymnosperms produce nut-like seeds but neither flowers nor fruits. == Legumes == Beans and other legumes, or pulses, include: * Bambara groundnut * Chickpea * Cowpeas * * Black-eyed pea * Dry beans, including * * Common bean * * Several species of ''Vigna'', such as the lentil * Fava or broad bean * Hyacinth bean * Lupin * Moringa * Pea * Peanut, also known as groundnut * Pigeon pea * Soybean * ''Sterculia'' species * Velvet bean * Winged bean * Yam beans Although some beans can be consumed raw, some need to be heated before consumption. In certain cultures, beans that need heating are initially prepared as a seed cake. Beans that need heating include: * ''Acacia'' species (wattleseed), such as mulga (''Acacia aneura''), Halls Creek wattle (''A. cowleana''), southern ironwood (''A. estrophiolata''), umbrella bush (''A. ligulata''), Murray's wattle (''A. murrayana''), curara (''A. tetragonophylla''), witchetty bush (''A. kempeana''), wiry wattle (''A. coriacea''), mallee golden wattle (''A. notabilis''), ranji bush (''A. pyrifolia''), bardi bush (''A. victoriae''), coastal wattle (''A. sophorae''), shoestring acacia (''A. stenophylla''), and pindan wattle (''A. tumida''). * ''Atriplex nummularia'' – old man saltbush * ''Brachychiton'' species, such as kurrajong (''Brachychiton populneus''), northern kurrajong (''B. diversifolius''), desert kurrajong (''B. gregorii''), and red-flowered kurrajong (''B. paradoxus''). * ''Bruguiera gymnorhiza'' – black mangrove * ''Calandrinia balonensis'' – parakeelya * ''Canarium australianum'' – mango bark * ''Canavalia rosea'' – beach bean * ''Entada phaseoloides'' – St. Thomas bean * ''Eucalyptus'' species, such as tammin mallee (''Eucalyptus leptopoda'') and coolibah (''E. microtheca'') * ''Marsilea drummondii'' – nardoo *''Portulaca'' species, such as common purslane (''Portulaca oleracea'') and large pigweed (''P. intraterranea'') *''Nymphaea gigantea'' – giant waterlily * ''Rhyncharrhena linearis'' – purple pentatrope 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of edible seeds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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