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Soybean
Soybean
Glycine max
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
East Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Soybean is the world's most widely cultivated legume, grown for its protein-rich seeds used in tofu, soy milk, animal feed, and biodiesel. Each bushy annual plant produces clusters of small, fuzzy pods containing 2–4 pale yellow beans.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Glycine
Species
Glycine max