Give economic importance of plants belonging to Fabaceae.

Explanation

1. Pulses: Pulses like red gram, black gram, green gram, bengal gram are rich source of proteins.
2. Oil: Groundnut oil from groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) seeds and soyabear oil from seeds of soyabean (Glycine max) are used in cooking.
3. Vegetables : Pods of bean (Dolichos),-soyabean (Glycine max) are used as vegetables.
4. Fodder : Many plants are used as fodder (Crotalaria & Phaseolus).
5. Fibres : from Crotalaria (sun-hemp) is used in making ropes.
6. Medicine: Seeds of Trigonella (Menthi) are used as condiment and medicine. The leaves are used as vegetables.
7. Commercially & Products: Commercially important products obtained are viz., blue dye (Indigofera tinctoria), yellow dye (Butea monosperma).
8. Medicine : Medicine is obtained from Derris indica.
9. Green manure : Sesbania and Tephrosia are used as green manure:
10. Wood : Wood from (Pterocarpus santalinus) Red sanders is used for making musicalinstrument.