Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea, bean)
- Leaves often pinnately
or palmately
compound
- 5 petals form "banner", "wings", and "keel" in zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetric) flower
- Superior ovary ripens to form a legume
("pod"), whose two sides split apart with the seeds attached to one edge of the valves
- Symbiotic rhizobia in root nodules
fix nitrogen