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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 .
Beans, peas, and bean pod with holes drilled by Bruchus rufimanus. Bruchus rufimanus, commonly known as the broadbean weevil, broadbean beetle, or broadbean seed beetle is a leaf beetle which inhabits crops and fields, as well as some homes. It is a pest of faba beans (Vicia faba L.).
Flowers open 3 racemes per plant 65: Full flowering: flowers open on 5 racemes per plant 67: Flowering declining 69: End of flowering 7: Development of fruit 70: First pods have reached final length (“flat pod”) 71: 10% of pods have reached final length 72: 20% of pods have reached final length 73: 30% of pods have reached final length 74
beans beginning to fill out 1 Main pod development period 2. 76: 60% of pods have reached typical length 1: 77: 70% of pods have reached typical length, pods still break cleanly 1: 78: 80% of pods have reached typical length 1: 79: Pods: individual beans easily visible 1: 8: Ripening of fruit and seed: 81: 10% of pods ripe (beans hard)1. Seeds ...
The broad bean is sometimes separated in a monotypic genus Faba; although not often used today, it is of historical importance in plant taxonomy as the namesake of the order Fabales, the Fabaceae and the Faboideae. The tribe Vicieae in which the vetches are placed is named after the genus' current name.
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Flat beans are normally cooked, and served as the whole pods, the same way as other green beans. Like many other types of bean (see broad bean for example) they can also be dehusked or shelled , and the whitish seeds dried and stored, but there is no incentive to grow them for this purpose as higher-yielding bean varieties are available.
The winged bean is a tropical plant, and will only flower when the day length is shorter than 12 hours, although some varieties have been reported to be day-length neutral. [1] [5] All varieties of winged bean grow on a vine and must grow over a support. Some examples of support systems include: growing against exterior walls of houses, huts ...