Vicia faba L.

Vicia faba L.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Vicia L.
Tribe: Vicieae
References: [454][754][801][2080][2107]

Other names:

Faba bona Medikus [Synonym] [1318]
Faba faba (L.)House [Synonym] [1318][1061]
Faba major Desf. [Synonym] [1318]
Faba minor Roxb. [Synonym] [1318]
Faba sativa Bernh. [Synonym] [1061]
Faba vulgaris Moench [Synonym] [1318][1061]
Orobus faba Brot. [Synonym] [1318]
Vicia esculenta Salisb. [Synonym] [1318]
Vicia vulgaris Gray [Synonym] [1061][1318]

Common Names:

Ackerbohne [2195]
Bokla [1915]
Broad Bean [24] [1862] [1915] [2080] [2086] [2183] [2264]
Faba Bean [2292] [2293]
Fava Bean [1902]
Feve des Marais [220]
Field Bean [2086] [1862] [24]
FŠve [1915]
Habas [2157]
Horse Bean [1862] [1902] [2086]
Pferdebohne [2195]
Pois Blanc [2157]
Puffbohne [2195]
Saubohne [2195]
Small Bean [1862]
Tick Bean [1862] [2086]
Windsor Bean [1902]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
Lifespan:
- Annual
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1993 Bisby FA
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
- 1998 Heald J
Conservation Status:
- Cultigen not known in the wild

Uses:

Environmental [2292] [2293]
Food and Drink [1862] [2086] [2293]
Forage [1862] [2086] [2293]
Medicine [1862] [2293]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa [2292]
- Algeria [454]
- Chad [549]
- Egypt
- Ethiopia [24]
- Kenya [210]
- Libya [454]
- Morocco [454]
- Rwanda [220]
- Sudan [2292]
- Tunisia [454]

Asia [1179] [1587] [1862] [1914] [1937] [1938] [1969] [2211] [2292]
- Afghanistan [1862]
- China [1179]
- India [1914]
- Indonesia-ISO [1969]
- Iran [1862]
- Iraq [1862]
- Japan [2292]
- Nepal [2211]
- Pakistan [1938]
- Sri Lanka [1587]
- USSR [2211]
- Vietnam [1937]

Australasia [2292]
- Australia [2292]

Caribbean [2157] [2292]
- Dominican Republic [2157] [2292]
- Haiti [2157]

Central America [1117] [1318] [1460]
- Costa Rica [1658]
- Guatemala [1318] [1645]
- Mexico(North & Central) [1318] [1460]
- Mexico(South East) [1117] [1318]

Europe [454] [754] [2183] [2195] [2204] [2269] [2270] [2271] [2292]
- Austria [754]
- Balearic Is [454]
- Belgium [754]
- Bulgaria [454]
- Corsica [454]
- Czechoslovakia [2204]
- Denmark [754]
- Finland [754]
- Foroyar [754]
- France [454]
- Germany [2195] [2271]
- Great Britain [2183]
- Greece [2292]
- Hungary [754]
- Iceland [754]
- Ireland [454]
- Italy [454]
- Malta [454]
- Netherlands [2270]
- Norway [2269]
- Poland [754]
- Portugal [454]
- Romania [754]
- Sardegna [454]
- Sicilia [454]
- Spain [454]
- Svalbard [754]
- Sweden [754]
- Switzerland [754]
- Turkey in Europe [754]
- USSR:B-F.E. [754]
- USSR:C-F.E. [754]
- USSR:E-F.E. [754]
- USSR:K-F.E. [754]
- USSR:N-F.E. [754]
- USSR:W-F.E. [754]
- Yugoslavia [454]

Indian Ocean [3054]
- Comoro Is [3054]

Middle East [454] [1862] [1896]
- Cyprus [454]
- Kuwait [1862]
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Turkey in Asia [454]
- Yemen [1896]

North America [2202] [2292]
- Canada [2202] [2292]
- United States [1318] [1431]

Pacific Ocean [2080] [2264]
- Fiji [2264]
- New Zealand(North) [2080]
- New Zealand(South) [2080]

South America [2292]
- Argentina [2292]
- Bolivia [2292]
- Brazil [2292]
- Colombia [1292]
- Ecuador [2292]
- Paraguay [2292]
- Peru [1442]
- Uruguay [2292]

Notes:

Known only from cultivation;wild progenitors presumed extinct.
Four botanical varieties: see var.equina; var.faba; var.minor & var.paucijuga.
Ingestion of raw material causes Favism, a haemolytic anaemia. [2908]
Once an individual is sensitized attacks can occur from inhaling pollen. [2908]
Favism is fairly common in the Mediterranean area. [2908]
Cultivated in the Mascarenes. [1915]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:18:38