Does each dry pulse have a spicific name in English?

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me if each dry pulse has a spicific name in English? For example:

1- Gram pulse
2- Lentils, etc

See here:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=pulses&gbv=2

Tom

[Mister Micawber]

.
Probably, but I don't think we have an agricultural botanist among our membership. Here are some example species and varieties of just one genus of legumes:

Examples of Vigna species cultivated for food include:

* V. acontifolia - moth bean
* V. angularis - azuki bean
* V. lanceolata - pencil yam
* V. mungo - urad bean, black gram
* V. radiata - mung bean, green gram
* V. subterranea - Bambara groundnut (placed by some authors in genus Voandzeia)
* V. umbellata - rice bean
* V. unguiculata - cowpea
o V. unguiculata ssp. cylindrica - catjang
o V. unguiculata ssp. dekindtiana - black-eyed pea
o V. unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis - yardlong bean
o V. unguiculata ssp. unguiculata - southern pea
* V. vexillata - zombi pea
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[Jamie (K)]

Note that "pulses" are called "legumes" in the US. The first time I saw "pulse" used to indicate a bean, I thought it was a mistake.