Name all the seeds which have pods
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For many plant species, the development of pods that encapsulate seeds is a useful and necessary adaptation. The pods protect the nascent seeds from pests, and in some cases, the pod actively provides nutrients to the seeds to help them develop. Some scientists believe that the seeds also signal the plants to let them know if a seed or set of seeds has stopped being viable and thus to stop sending nutrients to them.
Around the world, humans and other animals consume seeds and in some cases their pods for sustenance, many of them providing protein, fat, fiber and various minerals and vitamins. Seed pods can appear on trees, shrubs, garden plants and agricultural crops.
Seed Pod Bearers: Vegetables List
Perhaps the best-known kind of plant to grow pods is the humble bean, which can be found in myriad varieties. This list includes the pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Pinto Group,' USDA growing zones 3 through 9), soy bean (Glycine max, zones 3 through 9) and varieties of common stem vegetables like the French haricot vert (Phaseolus vulgaris 'haricot vert,' zones 2 through 10).
These pod vegetables are all members of the family Fabaceae, and the soy bean is one of the world's most important crops, with derivatives of its proteins appear in a startling array of consumer goods.
Trees Bearing Seed Pods
There are many trees that also bear seed pods, and many of them play an important agricultural role. Perhaps one of the most commonly known on this list is the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao, growing zones 11 through 13), whose beans, which begin encased in thick, woody pods, are processed into chocolate. Chocolate is becoming increasingly rare as climates change and excessive consumption diminish stocks. Much of it is cultivated in South America.
Similar to the cocoa tree is the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua, growing zones 9 through 11). Its seeds grow in pods too. The seeds can be ground or eaten raw as an alternative to chocolate. The word carat (a unit to measure the quality of diamonds) is drawn from this plant.
Cacao and carob trees are also a part of the same family that includes the pod beans. It is a huge family of legumes that includes vines, herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees. While these are perhaps the best-known types of plants that grow pods, there are other species that encase their seeds in pods.
Pod-Bearing Plants That Are Not Legumes
Less popular as an ice cream flavor but still delicious, vanilla is also grown on vanilla trees (Vanilla planifolia, growing zones 10 through 11). Their pods contain seeds that are used for flavoring or creating vanilla extract.
Some kinds of radish (Raphanus raphanistrum, growing zones 2 through 10) also grow pods to surround their seeds. While often discarded, they can also be consumed along with the root of the vegetable.
Poppy plants (Papaver spp.) also grow seed pods, and they have a long history of medical and culinary uses. The seeds of various species, including Papaver somniferum (growing zones 8 through 10) are consumed. These plants are perhaps best known as the organic source of narcotic painkillers such as morphine and codeine. Structurally, they are quite different from legumes, though they (along with the narcotic compounds in the plants themselves) also act to protect the seeds inside them.
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