



This is an illustration of the traditional Japanese variety ”Kemame”. It is a type of young soybean, ’edamame', that appears brownish due to the many fine hairs on its surface.
Botanical information
Informations of the plants imaged for these illustrations is bellow.
Botanical name
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Glycine max
< common name >
soybean, soy bean, soya bean
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Plantae Category
< family >
Fabaceae ([Subfamily] Faboideae )
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Glycine
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Glycine max
[traditional cultivar] Kemame
Origin
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East Asia
[traditional cultivar] Tsugaru region, Aomori, JP













