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 Phaseolus [mainly common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), but other Phaseolus spp. as well, is the most important pulse crop worldwide.

 Legume is derived from the Latin term Legumen, defining seeds harvested in pods or from the Latin term legere, to gather.

 Legume seeds possessing low levels of lipids are frequently termed “pulses” and are derived from the Latin puls, referring to pottage, thick soup, or potage.

 “Food legumes” (used for direct edible portions, such as beans) versus “forage legumes” (used for crop rotation or animal feed such as clover or alfalfa).

 “Legume” was used in early England to encompass all general vegetables in a manner similar to the current French terminology.

 “Leguminous comestible” is used to refer to a broad host of edible plant products that may include cereal grains and is thus not limited to the technical and botanical definition of legumes.

 “Grain legumes” is commonly used in literature associated with lesser developed regions and subsistence agriculture. (India commonly utilizes this terminology to describe a broad array of crops including soya, chickpeas, dry beans, and lentils.) Grain legumes may be used as edible whole seeds or processed as de‐husked and split cotyledons referred to as dhal or milled into flours and meals.