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Glycine max soja (Wild Soybean; Wild Soyabean; Wild Soya)

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Language: Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Glycine soja, or wild soybean (previously G. ussuriensis) is an annual plant in the legume family. It is the closest living relative of soybean, an important crop.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  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.
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Usage [1]  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; It is used in making soap, plastics, paints etc;
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bolshekhekhtsirsky Zapovednik Ia 112282 Khabarovsk, Russia
Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve V 619089 Jilin, China  
Kedrovaya Pad Zapovednik Ia 44224 Primorsky Krai , Russia
Ussuriysky Zapovednik Ia 99910 Primorsky Krai , Russia

Predators

Eriococcus sojae[2]
Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)[2]
Pieris brassicae (Large White)[3]
Spilococcus soja[2]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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