• D SAI KUMARI
• R. NAGARAJU
• P. KAMALAKAR

Pulses have been used as a staple food for millenniums, termed as power stores of energy. Limited protein supply makes a new protein hunt to minimize protein deficiency. The sources of protein are decreasing with the increased world population. Traditional pulse diets are an excellent source of vegetable protein, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. Pulses have been used for cosmetic and therapeutic uses for their medicinal properties. The exploitation of underutilized wild legumes is an important approach to combat protein malnutrition in developing countries. Considering the current challenges to food security as a planet exploring the cultivation of new domestic underutilized legumes such as lima beans, Horse gram, and wing bean. Lima beans are commonly called butter beans. Originate in Mexico and spread globally. Two types of Lima bean seeds were collected directly from the fields of Karjan village, Vadodara district, Gujarat state. The collected seeds were screened for physical properties and nutritional components. This study describes the physical properties, nutritional, anti-nutritional components, and utilization of lima bean seeds. This attempt provides up-to-date information on lima beans sourced from various literature databases. The butter beans have numerous vital ingredients that boost our health, development, and immunity. Utilization has been worldwide even though underutilized crops. Underutilized legumes like lima beans could enhance livelihoods in various ways by improving nutrition, guaranteeing food security, establishing new markets, reducing over-dependence on common major beans, stabilizing the ecosystems, and replacing crop systems under stress conditions. There is a huge need for the commercialization of agricultural products such as lima beans to improve food security, and crop productivity and reduce poverty in society.

Keywords: Lima beans. Underutilized legume, Nutritional components, Protein, Anti-nutritional factors.

"Nutritional potentiality of an Underutilized Food legume: Lima bean ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no.f530-f540, July-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407570.pdf

"Nutritional potentiality of an Underutilized Food legume: Lima bean ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no. ppf530-f540, July-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407570.pdf