Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Glycine > Glycine maxGlycine max (soybean; Soya-bean; Soyabean; Soya Bean; Soya; Soja; GM Soya; Fejao-soja; Boo-mae)Synonyms: Dolichos sofa; Glycine angustifolia; Glycine formosa; Glycine javanica; Glycine mas; Phalseolus max; Phaseolus max (homotypic); Phaseolus sordidus; Soja max (homotypic) Language: Azerbaijani; Belorussian; Estonian; Finnish; German; Hindi; Italian; Latvian; Lithuanian; Mongolian; Romanian; Russian; Swedish; Tibetan | Bloom Period [1] | Mid Summer | | Drought Tolerance [1] | Medium | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [1] | None | | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | | Frost Free Days [1] | 4 months 20 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [1] | High | | Fruit/Seed Begin [1] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [1] | Fall | | Growth Form [1] | Single Crown | | Growth Period [1] | Summer | | Growth Rate [1] | Rapid | | Hazards [2] | The raw mature seed is toxic and must be thoroughly cooked before being eaten; The sprouted raw seed is sometimes eaten and is considered to be a wholesome food. | | Leaf Type [1] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [2] | Annual | | Pollinators [2] | Insects, Lepidoptera | | Propagation [1] | Seed | | Root Depth [1] | 8 inches (20 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [1] | None | | Seed Vigor [1] | High | | Seeds Per [1] | 4880 / lb (10759 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [1] | Erect | | Structure [3] | Herb | | Usage [2] | The seed contains up to 20% of an edible semi-drying oil; It is non-drying according to another report; This oil has a very wide range of applications and is commonly used in the chemical industry; The oil is used industrially in the manufacture of paints, linoleum, oilcloth, printing inks, soap, insecticides, and disinfectants;
Lecithin phospholipids, obtained as a by-product of the oil industry, are used as a wetting and stabilizing agent in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, leather, paint, plastic, soap, and detergent industries;
Both the meal and the soy bean protein are used in the manufacture of synthetic fibre, adhesives, textile sizing, waterproofing, fire-fighting foam and many other uses;
The plant is sometimes grown as a green manure;
The straw can be used to make paper, stiffer than that made from wheat straw;
The plant is an excellent source of biomass. The oil from the seeds can be used as a diesel fuel whilst the stems can be burnt as a fuel; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [1] | None |  | | Flower Color [1] | Purple | | Foliage Color [1] | Green | | Fruit Color [1] | Brown | | | Flower Conspicuous [1] | Yes | | | Height [2] | 24 inches (0.6 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°) | | Light Preference [1] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [1] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [1] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Moderate | | | Screening - Summer [1] | Moderate | | Screening - Winter [1] | Porous |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 6Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Kathryn A. Barbara, University of Florida, September 2000. Latest revision: June 2014 ♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 8Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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