Fabaceae

Soybean

Glycine max (L.) Merr.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Glycine

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
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Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

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Soybean (Glycine max) — FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (143)

Afrikaans: Sojaboon, Soja
Albanian: Soja
Amharic: ሻማ
anp: सोयाबीन
Arabic: فول الصويا, صعفاني
Armenian: Սոյա
arz: فول الصويا
Assamese: চয়াবিন
Asturian: Pleuronectes platessa
azb: سویا
Azerbaijani: Soya
ba: Соя
ban: Kedelé
Bangla: সয়াবিন
bar: Sojaboanl
Basque: Soja
Belarusian: Соевыя бабы, Соя культурная, Культурная соя, Соя
Bhojpuri: सोआबीन
blk: ဗေ
bo: སྲན་སེར།
Bosnian: Soja
Breton: Soja
Bulgarian: Соя
Burmese: ပဲပုပ်
Cantonese: 黃豆
Catalan: Soia, Soja
cdo: Uòng-dâu
Central Kurdish: سۆیا
Chinese: 大豆, 大豆根, 大豆黄卷, 枝豆, 毛豆, 淡豆豉, 穞豆, 菜用大豆
crh: Soya
Croatian: Soja
cv: Соя
Czech: Sója luštinatá, Sója
Danish: Sojabønne
dty: भटमास
Dutch: Sojaboon, Soja
English: Soybean, Soy, Soy bean plant, Soy plant, Soya, Soya bean plant, Soybean plant, Soybeans
Esperanto: Sojfabo, Sojafabo, Sojofabo
Estonian: Karvane sojauba
Filipino: Utaw, Soya, Soybean
Finnish: Soijapapu, Peltosoijapapu
French: Soja
frr: Soojabuan
fur: Soie
Galician: Soia
gan: 黃豆
gcr: Soja
German: Sojabohne, Soja, Sojabohnen, Soyabohne
Greek: Σόγια
gsw: Sojabohne
Guarani: Sóha
Gujarati: સોયાબીન, સોયબીન
gur: Tɛa
hak: Vòng-theu
Hausa: Waken suya
Hebrew: סויה
hif: Soya bean
Hindi: सोयाबीन
hsb: Soja, Sojowe boby, Sojowy bob
Hungarian: Szójabab, Szója
Icelandic: Sojabaun
Iloko: Soya
Indonesian: Kedelai, Kacang kedelai
Interlingua: Soja
io: Soyo
Irish: Planda pónairí soighe, Pónaire shoighe
Italian: Soia, G. max
jam: Sayabiin
Japanese: ダイズ, 大豆
Javanese: Dhelé
Kannada: ಸೋಯಾ ಅವರೆ
Kazakh: Соя, Қытайбұршақ
kbp: Soojaa
Kinyarwanda: Soya
Korean: 콩, 대두
Kurdish: Soya
kw: Faven soya
lah: سویا بین
Latvian: Soja
lfn: Soia
Lithuanian: Gauruotoji soja, Soja
lzh: 菽
Macedonian: Соја
mad: Kaḍhelli
Maithili: भटमास
Malagasy: Soja
Malay: Kacang soya, Kacang soya hijau
Malayalam: സോയാബീൻസ്
Marathi: सोयबीन amit ामित
min: Kedelai
Mongolian: Шар буурцаг
myv: Соя
nan: N̂g-tāu
nds: Sojaboon
Nepali: भटमास
Norwegian Bokmål: Soyabønne
Norwegian Nynorsk: Soyabønne
Occitan: Sòja
os: Сойæ
Persian: سویا
pms: Sòja
Polish: Soja
Portuguese: Soja, Feijão-chinês, Feijão-soja
Punjabi: ਸੋਇਆਬੀਨ
Quechua: Suya
Romanian: Soia
rue: Соя
Russian: Соя культурная, Соевые бобы, Китайские бобы, Соя, Соя крупнейшая, Соя обыкновенная, Соя посевная, Соя щетинистая
Sanskrit: सोयामाषः
sco: Soya bean
Serbian: Соја
Serbian (Latin): Soja
sgs: Suojė
shn: ထူဝ်ႇၼဝ်ႈ, တူၼ်ႈထူဝ်ႇၼဝ်ႈ
Sindhi: سويابين
Sinhala: සෝයා බෝංචි
Slovak: Sója fazuľová
Slovenian: Navadna soja, Soja
Spanish: Soya, G. max, Haba de soja, Soja
Sundanese: Kedelé, Kadelé
Swahili: Soya
Swedish: Sojaböna, Soja
szl: Soja
szy: Bayduh
Tajik: Лӯбиёи чинӣ
Tamil: சோயா அவரை
Tatar: Кытай борчагы
Telugu: సోయా చిక్కుడు
Thai: ถั่วเหลือง
Turkish: Soya, Soya Fasülyesi
udm: Соя
Ukrainian: Соя
Urdu: سویا پھلی
Uyghur: دادۇر
Uzbek: Soya
vep: Soi
Vietnamese: Đậu tương
vo: Soyabon
vro: Sojauba
Welsh: Soia, Ffeuen soia
wuu: 大豆
Yiddish: סויע
za: Duhhenj

Synonyms

Dolichos sofa L.
Phalseolus max L.
Phaseolus max L.
Phaseolus sordidus Salisb.
Soja max (L.) Piper

Flowers

In flower: August to September (from 93 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: chinmay khanolkar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: artfawlo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: milan.kovac.nv, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Heidi Hellstern, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tomáš Juránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Hanka Sokolová, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.