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Vicia faba

(Ackerbohne, Bokla, Broad Bean, Crimson Flowered Broad Bean, English Bean, Faba Bean, Fava Bean, Feve Des Marais, Field Bean, Habas, Horse Bean, Horsebean, Pferdebohne, Pois Blanc, Puffbohne, Saubohne, Small Bean, Tick Bean, Windsor Bean)

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 Mong:

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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Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Herb • Climbing: 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).Mean = 625.600 meters (2,052.493 feet), Standard Deviation = 920.030 based on 2,797 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Faba Mill.
  2. Faba bona Medik.
  3. Faba equina Medik.
  4. Faba faba (L.)House
  5. Faba major Desf.
  6. Faba minor Roxb.
  7. Faba sativa Bernh.
  8. Faba vulgaris Moench
  9. Orobus faba Brot.
  10. Vicia (Asch. & Graebner) Radzhi subsect. Lenticula
  11. Vicia (L.) Taub. sect. Ervum
  12. Vicia L.
  13. Vicia Radzhi ser. Lutea
  14. Vicia esculenta Salisb.
  15. Vicia vulgaris Gray

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 2:737. 1753

Name verified on 26-Aug-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Aug-2004

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Vicia

There are approximately 1007 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

V. parviflora · V. abbreviata · V. abbreviata montenegrina · V. abbreviata orbelica · V. abyssinica · V. acerosa var. angustifolia · V. acutifolia (Fourleaf Vetch) · V. adriatica · V. afghanica · V. agerii · V. agrigentinum · V. aintabensis · V. albescens · V. albicans · V. albiflora · V. alpestris (Goroshek Gornyi) · V. alpestris alpestris · V. alpestris hypoleuca · V. alpina · V. alternans · V. alternifolia · V. altissima · V. americana (American Deervetch) · V. americana americana · V. americana f. angusta · V. americana f. oblonga · V. americana mexicana · V. americana minor · V. americana var. angustifolia · V. americana var. bungei · V. americana subsp. minor · V. americana var. oregana · V. americana var. sinensis · V. amoena (Cheder Ebs) · V. amoena amoena · V. amoena f. albiflora · V. amoena sericea · V. amphicarpos · V. amurensis (Amaryn Gish) · V. amurensis f. alba · V. amurensis f. sanneensis · V. amurensis var. pallida · V. anatolica · V. anderssonii · V. andicola · V. andicola var. galbina · V. andicola var. matthewsii · V. angulata · V. angulosa · V. anguste-pinnata · V. angustifolia pseudoangustifolia · V. angustifolia segetalis · V. angustifolium · V. anisodonta · V. anomala · V. tenuifolia · V. aphylla · V. aquitanica · V. araucana · V. arenivaga · V. argentea · V. argentea serinica · V. arietina · V. aristalioides · V. aristata · V. articulata (Monantha Vetch) · V. arvernensis · V. assyriaca · V. astragaloides · V. atropurpurea f. alba · V. australis · V. austro-higoensis · V. austroccidentalis · V. bactra · V. bakeri · V. balansae · V. barbazitae · V. barbazitae var. barbazitae · V. barbazitae var. incisa · V. basaltica · V. bengalensis · V. benghalencis · V. benghalensis (Hairy Vetch) · V. benghalensis heterocalyx · V. benghalensis var. atropurpurea · V. benghalensis var. simulans · V. bequaertii · V. berteroana · V. bertolinii · V. bicolor · V. biebersteini · V. biennis · V. bifolia · V. bifoliata · V. bijuga · V. bijuga var. longipes · V. bipartita · V. bithynica (Bithynian Vetch) · V. bivonae · V. bivonea

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-10-06