Soybean is the most important grain legume crop in this category. White clover has been described as the most important forage legume of the temperate zones. During the early 2000s, alfalfa was the most cultivated forage legume in the world. But one particular bean has become the leading legume planted worldwide, the soybean. Bambara groundnut represents the third most important grain legume in semi-arid Africa. Soy protein is essentially identical to the protein of other legume seeds and pulses. Caesalpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The snap pea is a cool season legume or fruit. Bauhinia variegata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. Some yogis consider the mung bean to be the only sattvic legume. Erythrostemon gilliesii is a shrub in the legume family. The function of lectins in plants (legume lectin) is still uncertain. Many members of the legume plant family support nitrogen-fixing symbionts. It is one of the most economically important legume genera. It is a member of the legume lectin family.