The Guar bean can be eaten as a vegetable, but is usually grown as a source of guar gum which is used in food products and has also many industrial uses.
Names
Scientific
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
English
Cluster bean
Guar
Guar bean
Dutch
Guarboon
Guarplant
Spanish
Goma guar
Guar
French
Gomme de guar
Guar
Haricot guar
German
Guar
Guarbohne
Taxonomy
Genus
Cyamopsis
Family
Fabaceae
Order
Fabales
Crop categories
Vegetables
Podded vegetables
Tropical crops
Food crops
Forage and fodder crops