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  2. Vicia faba - Wikipedia

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    Vicia faba, commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop .

  3. List of companion plants - Wikipedia

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    the stalk of the corn provides a pole for the beans to grow on, which then gives nitrogen to the soil of the corn. Beans and corn are (with squash) traditional "Three Sisters" plants. As for Radishes, see the entry for "Legumes". Beans, fava: Vicia faba: Strawberries, Celery [21] See the entry for "Legumes" for more info Beets: Beta vulgaris

  4. List of edible seeds - Wikipedia

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    Cereals are edible seeds that are used to create many different food products.. An edible seed [n 1] is a seed that is suitable for human or animal consumption. Of the six major plant parts, [n 2] seeds are the dominant source of human calories and protein. [1]

  5. Vicia - Wikipedia

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    Together with broad bean cultivars such as horse bean or field bean, the FAO includes it among the 11 most important pulses in the world. The main usage of the common vetch is as forage for ruminant animals, both as fodder and legume , but there are other uses, as tufted vetch V. cracca is grown as a mid-summer pollen source for honeybees .

  6. List of legume dishes - Wikipedia

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    A selection of various legumes. This is a list of legume dishes.A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their food grain seed (e.g. beans and lentils, or generally pulse), for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure

  7. Broad bean - Wikipedia

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    To scientific name of a plant: This is a redirect from a vernacular ("common") name to the scientific name of a plant (or group of plants). From a printworthy page title : This is a redirect from a title that would be helpful in a printed or CD/DVD version of Wikipedia.

  8. Lablab - Wikipedia

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    Lablab can grow on a wide range of soils, from sand to clay, within a pH range of 4.5 to 7.5. It is known to grow better in acidic conditions than most legumes, but does not grow well in poorly drained soils or in saline conditions. [21] Average daily temperatures of 18-30°C and annual rainfall of 700-3000 mm allow lablab cultivation.

  9. List of crop plants pollinated by bees - Wikipedia

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    fruit 4-essential 1 temperate Guar bean, Goa bean Cyamopsis tetragonoloba: Honey bees: seed 1-little Quince: Cydonia oblonga Mill. Honey bees: fruit temperate Lemon: Citrus limon: Honey bees (also will often self-pollinate) fruit temperate Lime: Citrus limetta: Honey bees (also will often self-pollinate) fruit temperate Carrot: Daucus carota