Fava bean

species of plant, vegetable

Vicia fava is a plant in the family of the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is commonly cultivated as a crop. Its English common names include fava bean, faba bean, broad bean, tick bean and horse bean.

Fava bean
Illustration of Vicia faba in flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Fabales
Family:Fabaceae
Subfamily:Faboideae
Tribe:Fabeae
Genus:Vicia
Species:
V. faba
Binomial name
Vicia faba
Synonyms

Faba sativa Moench.

Favism is a hereditary disease: People with this condition who eat fava beans will get problems with their red blood cells.

Cooked fava beans without shells