Environment and Ecology
2024
Biodiversity
Agriculture and Environment

Consider the following plants:

  1. Groundnut
  2. Horse-gram
  3. Soybean How many of the above belong to the pea family?

B.Only two
C.All three
A.Only one
D.None

Correct Answer: Option C

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae family, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and agriculturally important family of flowering plants. It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants.

Groundnut (peanut) belongs to the Fabaceae family.

Horse-gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) is a legume native to tropical southern Asia and also belongs to the Fabaceae family.

Soybean is a species of legume native to East Asia and belongs to the Fabaceae family.

Therefore, all three plants belong to the pea family.

Option 1 is correct. Option 2 is correct. Option 3 is correct. Hence, all three belong to the pea family.