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Vicia faba

Flowering Plants

Vicia faba, commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption and also grown as a cover crop. Varieties with smaller, harder seeds fed to horses and other animals are called field bean, tic bean or tick bean, and the legume is a staple in many national and regional cuisines. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 2
Scientific Name
Vicia faba 3
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Vicia, Taxa
Source Vicia faba (Wikipedia)
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1. GBIF Species API
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2. Vicia faba (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop.
  • Child Taxon Of: Vicia, Taxobox
    Wikipedia taxobox field: genus = Vicia
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3. Wikipedia: Vicia faba
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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