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Broad beans, shelled and steamed Vicia faba beans around a US quarter Fried broad beans as a snack. Raw mature broad beans are 11% water, 58% carbohydrates, 26% protein, and 2% fat. A 100-gram reference amount supplies 1,425 kJ (341 kcal; 341 Cal) of food energy and numerous essential nutrients in high content (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV).
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.).
50% of pods have reached final length 76: 60% of pods have reached final length 77: 70% of pods have reached final length 78: 80% of pods have reached final length 79: Nearly all pods have reached final length 8: Ripening 80: Beginning of ripening: seed green, filling pod cavity 81: 10% of pods ripe, seeds dry and hard 82: 20% of pods ripe ...
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The lentils are included in genus Vicia, and were formerly classified in genus Lens. [3] 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.
Vicia sativa is a sprawling annual herb, with hollow, four-sided, hairless to sparsely hairy stems which can reach two meters in maximum length. The leaves are stipulate , alternate and compound, each made up of 3–8 opposite pairs of linear, lance-shaped, oblong, or wedge-shaped, needle-tipped leaflets up to 35 millimeters ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long.
Vicia narbonensis, called Narbon bean, Narbon vetch, Narbonne vetch and moor's pea, is a widely distributed species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.It is native to Madeira and the Mediterranean countries through to Central Asia and the western Himalayas, and has been introduced to central and eastern Europe, and scattered other locations.
The fruit is a hairy pod or legume up to 5 cm long with 4 to 8 seeds. [2] It has 14 chromosomes. [2] [4] Vicia bithynica is not cultivated for human or livestock consumption. The seeds contain high levels of vicine, [5] which causes favism amongst susceptible individuals. [6]