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Broad bean

fava bean
fava beanPods of the broad bean, or fava bean (Vicia faba). The symbioses of fava beans and other legumes with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, such as Rhizobium, form nitrogen compounds that can be used by plants, which are in turn consumed by animals.(more)

Third in importance, the principal bean of Europe, though less well known in the United States, is the broad, or fava, bean (Vicia faba). The broad bean will not tolerate hot weather; it is grown in summer only in the cool parts of the temperate zone and during the winter in the warmer parts. Unlike other beans described, it tolerates slight freezing. The plant is erect, from 60 to 150 cm tall (2 to 5 feet), and bears few branches; the stem and branches are crowded with short-petioled leaves; the pods are nearly erect in clusters in the axils of the leaves; the seeds are large and irregularly flattened.

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