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Vicia faba

(Ackerbohne)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Chinese:

Bai Hua Can Dou, Hong Hua Can Dou

Common Names in English:

Ackerbohne, Bell-Bean, Bokla, Broad Bean, Crimson Flowered Broad Bean, English Bean, Faba Bean, Faba-Bean, Fava Bean, Fava-Bean, Feve, Feve Des Marais, Feves De Mardis, Field Bean, Habas, Horse Bean, Horsebean, Pferdebohne, Pois Blanc, Puffbohne, Red-Flowered Broad-Beans, Saubohne, Small Bean, Tick Bean, Vetch, Vetch Spp., White-Flowered Broad-Beans, Windsor Bean

Common Names in Estonian:

Polduba

Common Names in Finnish:

Harkapapu

Common Names in French:

Fève, Fève Commune, Fèves à Fleurs Blanches, Fèves à Fleurs Rouges, Fèves Ornementales, Feve De Calabar, Vesce Feve

Common Names in German:

Acker-Wicke, Feldbohne, Pferde-Wicke, Sau-Wicke

Common Names in Hawaiian:

Bakla, Baklasim, Kala Matar

Common Names in Italian:

Fava Cavalina

Common Names in Latvian:

Lauka Pupas

Common Names in Lithuanian:

Pupa

Common Names in Mongolian:

Morin Shosh

Common Names in Polish:

Faveira

Common Names in Russian:

Bob, Bokilo, Konskie Boby, Russkie Boby

Common Names in Spanish:

Haba

Common Names in Swedish:

Vicker

Common Names in Swiss:

Bondbona, Hastbona

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: HerbClimbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Flower Color: red

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 18-24" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,271 meters (0 to 17,293 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Faba bona Medik. • Faba equina Medik. • Faba faba (L.)house • Faba major Desf. • Faba minor Roxb. • Faba sativa Bernh. • Faba vulgaris Moench • Orobus faba Brot. • Vicia (Asch. & Graebner) Radzhi Subsect. Lenticula • Vicia (L.) Taub. Sect. Ervum • Vicia esculenta Salisb. • Vicia Radzhi Ser. Lutea • Vicia vulgaris Gray

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Cultigen not known in the wild, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Vicia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 266 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

V. acutifolia (Fourleaf Vetch) · V. alpestris (Goroshek Gornyi) · V. americana (American Deervetch) · V. americana americana (American Purple Vetch) · V. americana mexicana (American Vetch) · V. americana minor (American Vetch) · V. americana var. sinensis (American Vetch) · V. amoena (Cheder Ebs) · V. amoena amoena (Tsuru Fuji Bakama) · V. amurensis (Amaryn Gish) · V. articulata (Monantha Vetch) · V. benghalensis (Hairy Vetch) · V. bithynica (Bithynian Vetch) · V. caroliniana (Carolina Vetch) · V. cassubica (Danzig Vetch) · V. ciceroidea (Goroshek Nutovyi) · V. cracca (Bird Vetch) · V. cracca cracca (Bird Vetch) · V. cracca incana (Bird Vetch) · V. crocea (Goroshek Oranzhevyi) · V. disperma (European Vetch) · V. ervilia (Bitter Vetch) · V. faba (Ackerbohne) · V. faba faba (Ackerbohne) · V. faba minor (Fava-Bean) · V. faba paucijuga (Field Bean) · V. faba var. equina (Field-Bean) · V. faba var. minor (Ackerbohne) · V. faba 'Ackerperle' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Acme' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Alexandria' (Broad Bean 'alexandria') · V. faba 'Alladin' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Andes' Tan' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Annie Steffan's' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Ants' Purple' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho Large' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho Select' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aquadulce' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aquadulce Claudia' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Ascott' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aztec' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aztec Yellow' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Baba Beltzu' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Banner' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bell' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Beryl' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Big Ben' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Blue Anton' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bohusbone' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bohus Delikatess' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bonnie Lad' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bope' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bowman' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Broad Windsor' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Brunette' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bunyard's Exhibition' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cairo Market' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Castillo Franco' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Chak'rusga' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Chiapas Red and Tan' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Coffee Bean' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Coles Dwarf' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Colossal' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Conqueror' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Con Amore' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Copper Fava' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cordiero' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Crimson-Flowered' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cuku Pupas' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cypriot Fava' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dali' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Deiniol' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dreadnaught' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Driemaal Wit' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dwarf Prolific' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Egyptian' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'English Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Espanola Valley' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Excel' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Express' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Express Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Extra Early Purple Seed' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Extra Early White Seed' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Feligreen' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fidrim' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fillbasket' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Finland' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Foul Muddammmas' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Franz Nachbau' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Frog Island Nation' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fury' (Broad Bean 'fury') · V. faba 'Futura' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Giant Exhibition Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Goteryd' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Grebo' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Green Windsor' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Grosse Bohne' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Guatemalan Purple' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Gubbestad' (Broad Bean)

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 625.890 meters (2,053.445 feet), Standard Deviation = 920.070 based on 2,796 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012