The nutrient composition and antinutritional factors of two Indian tribal pulses,Indigofera linifolia(L.f)Retz. andSesbania bispinosa(Jacq.) W.F. Wight, were determined. The mature seeds contained 296.6–321.2 g kg−1crude protein, 47.2–64.2 g kg−1crude lipid, 56.7–72 g kg−1crude fiber, 27.6–31.9 g kg−1ash and 531.3–550.6 g kg−1carbohydrates. The seeds ofIndigofera linifoliawere rich in K, Ca, Mn and Cu, whereasSesbania bispinosawere rich in P and Zn. While albumins and globulins constituted the major proportion of seed proteins inIndigofera linifolia, globulins and glutelins formed the major bulk of seed proteins inSesbania bispinosa.Seed lipids of both legumes contained a large proportion of unsaturated fatty acids with linoleic acid as the predominant one. These two pulses contained adequate levels of all the essential amino acids except sulpho-amino acids in total seed proteins and globulin fraction ofSesbania bispinosa.Thein vitroprotein digestibility of the raw seeds ofIndigofera linifoliaandSesbania bispinosawere found to be 74.15% and 66.71% and cooked seeds 81.4% and 76.8%, respectively. Antinutritional factors such as total free phenolics, tannins, phytic acid, hydrogen cyanide, trypsin inhibitor and phytohaemagglutinating activities were also analysed.