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Taxon:  Vicia faba L.



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicia
Section:
Faba
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
300661
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:737. 1753
Verified:
04/12/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3488 (3488  active, 689  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vicia faba L. var. equina St.-Amans (0 active accession[s])
Vicia faba L. var. faba (0 active accession[s])
Vicia faba L. var. minuta (hort. ex Alef.) Mansf. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Faba bona Medik.
Faba vulgaris Moench
Faba vulgaris Moench var. paucijuga Alef.
Vicia faba L. subsp. paucijuga Muratova
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bell-bean –
broad-bean –
faba-bean –
fava-bean –
French
féverole –
fève –
Italian
fava –
favetta –
favino –
Japanese Rōmaji
sora-mame –
Swedish
bondböna –
Transcribed Chinese
can dou –
Transliterated Russian
konskij bob –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
6Other     
Cultivated ()
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=300661. Accessed 22 December 2024.

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