Article: tonka bean

Article: Fixit; FDA banned ingredient in Mexican vanilla from foods sold ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 16, 2000 ;     628 words ... ... actually vanilla. It was an extract of the tonka bean and not the vanilla bean. The inexpensive ... natural occuring traces of coumarin in tonka-bean Mexican vanilla. Coumarin is a blood ... vanilla-bean extracts. In fact, no tonka-bean version could be found and no one in ...

Article: vetch
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      488 words ... ... stemmed, leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family). The vetches are chiefly annuals, distributed ... Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae. Bibliography: See bulletins of the U.S. Dept. of ...

Article: tamarind
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      356 words ... ... tropical ornamental evergreen tree ( Tamarindus indica ) of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family), native to Africa and probably to Asia ... division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

Article: senna
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      402 words ... ... in Cassia ), leguminous herbs, shrubs, and trees of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family), most common in warm regions. Some species ... division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

Article: poinciana
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      323 words ... ... tree of the tropical and subtropical genus Poinciana of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family). Poincianas are popular ornamentals for ... division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

Article: mimosa
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      399 words ... ... mimosa , any tree, shrub, or herb of the genus Mimosa of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family), chiefly tropical plants. They usually ... division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

Article: logwood
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      351 words ... ... logwood small, thorny tree ( Haematoxylon campechianum ) of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family) native to tropical America and introduced ... division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.