Cultivated
An erect , robust annual herb ; growing up to 2 m tall . Stems stout , with a square cross-section . Leaves alternate , 10-25 cm long ; each leaf is paripinnate , composed of 2-6 leaflets , glaucous , grey-green . Inflorescences in1-6 flowered axillary racemes , 1-2 . 5 cm long . Flowers white with a black spot ; petals white marked with a central basal dark brown or black blotch . Fruit pod , narrowly oblong , cylindrical to laterally flattened , leathery , green maturing blackish-brown , with a densely downy surface , 3-8 seeded . Seeds up to 20-25 mm long , ovoid to oblong , compressed , brown to reddish or green . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Faba faba (L.) House
Faba vulgaris Moench
Orobus faba (L.) Brot.
Vicia esculenta Salisb.
Vicia vulgaris Gray
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Faba Bean
Broad Bean
Fava Bean
The pods boiled with little salt. The seeds eaten like beans. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
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