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Vicia faba L.

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GENUS: Vicia L.

Vicia faba L. [Preferred name]
    Faba bona Medik. {Synonym}
    Faba equina Medik. {Synonym}
    Faba faba (L.)House {Synonym}
    Faba major Desf. {Synonym}
    Faba minor Roxb. {Synonym}
    Faba sativa Bernh. {Synonym}
    Faba vulgaris Moench {Synonym}
    Orobus faba Brot. {Synonym}
    Vicia esculenta Salisb. {Synonym}
    Vicia vulgaris Gray {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Acker-Wicke [4546]; Ackerbohne [2195]; Bakla [3030]; Baklasim [3030]; Bob [4061, 4282]; Bokilo [4515]; Bokla [1915]; Bondbona [4061]; Broad Bean [24, 1862, 1915, 2080, 2086, 2183, 2264, 3030]; English Bean [4544]; Faba Bean [2292, 2293]; Fava Bean [1902]; Fava Cavalina [4061]; Faveira [4061]; Feldbohne [4061]; Feve [1915, 4544]; Feve De Calabar [4544]; Feve des Marais [220]; Feves de Mardis [3052]; Field Bean [24, 1862, 2086, 3030]; Haba [4061]; Habas [2157]; Harkapapu [4061]; Hastbona [4061]; Horse Bean [1862, 1902, 2086, 4061]; Kala Matar [3030]; Konskie Boby [2209]; Lauka Pupas [3548]; Morin Shosh [4672]; Pferde-Wicke [4546]; Pferdebohne [2195, 4061]; Pois Blanc [2157]; Polduba [3547]; Puffbohne [2195, 4546]; Pupa [3567]; Russkie Boby [4282]; Sau-Wicke [4546]; Saubohne [2195]; Small Bean [1862]; Tick Bean [1862, 2086]; Vesce Feve [4083]; Windsor Bean [1902]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (I) [454]; Chad (I) [549]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [210]; Libya (I) [454]; Morocco (I) [454]; Rwanda (I) [220]; Sudan (I) [2292]; Tunisia (I) [454]
  Asia
Afghanistan (I) [1862]; Armenia (I) [2185]; Azerbaijan (I) Azerbaijan* [4169]; Nakhichevan [4169]; China (I) [1179, 3446]; Gruzia (I) [2185]; India (I) [1914, 1938, 3027, 3028, 3140, 3144, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3385]; Assam [3385]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [1938]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3378]; Indonesia (I) [1969, 3898]; Iran (I) [1862]; Iraq (I) [1862]; Japan (I) [2292]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Kirgizstan (I) Frunze [4621]; Osh [4621]; Mongolia (I) Dornod [4672]; Khenti [4672]; Selenge [4672]; Tuv [4672]; Nepal (I) [2211, 3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Russia in Asia (I) Adygea [4540]; Checheno-Ingushetia [4540]; Chelyabinsk [4289]; Dagestan [4540]; Kabardino-Balkaria [4540]; Karacheyevo-Cherkessia [4540]; Krasnodar [4540]; Kurgan [4289, 4404, 4406]; Stavropol [4540]; Sverdlovsk [4289]; Tyumen [4289]; Sri Lanka (I) [1587]; Tadzhikistan (I) Dushanbe [4515]; Gorno-Badakshan [4409, 4515]; Leninabad [4515]; Uzbekistan (I) [4691]; Vietnam (I) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [2292]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (I) [2157, 2292]; Haiti (I) [2157]
  Central America
Costa Rica (U) [1658]; Guatemala (U) [1318, 1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (U) [1318, 1460]; Mexico(South East) (U) [1117, 1318]
  Europe
Austria (I) [754]; Balearic Is (I) [454]; Belarus (I) [4157]; Belgium (I) [754]; Bulgaria (I) [454]; Corsica (I) [454]; Czechoslovakia (I) [2204]; Denmark (I) [754]; Estonia (I) [3547]; Finland (I) [754]; Foroyar (I) [754]; France (I) [454]; Germany (I) [2195, 2271]; Great Britain (I) [2183]; Greece (I) [2292]; Hungary (I) [754]; Iceland (I) [754]; Ireland (I) [454]; Italy (I) [454]; Latvia (I) [3548]; Lithuania (I) [3567]; Malta (I) [454]; Moldova (I) [4177]; Netherlands (I) [2270]; Norway (I) [2269]; Poland (I) [754]; Portugal (I) [454]; Romania (I) [754]; Russia in Europe (I) Arkhangelsk [4293]; Astrakhan [4458]; Bashkiria [4650]; Belgorod [4650]; Bryansk [4650]; Chuvashia [4650]; Gorki [4650]; Ivanovo [4650]; Kalinin [4650]; Kaliningrad [4220]; Kalmykia [4060]; Kaluga [4650]; Kirov [4034, 4647]; Komi [4293]; Komi-Permyak [4429]; Kostroma [4650]; Kuibyshev [4650]; Kursk [4650]; Leningrad [4388]; Lipetsk [4035, 4650]; Mari [4650]; Mordovia [4650]; Moscow [4650]; Novgorod [4388]; Orel [4650]; Orenburg [4463]; Penza [4650]; Perm [4429]; Pskov [4388]; Rostov-Don [4724]; Ryazan [4650]; Saratov [4650]; Smolensk [4650]; Tambov [4650]; Tataria [4436]; Tula [4650]; Udmurtia [4650]; Ulyanovsk [4650]; Vladimir [4650]; Volgograd [4724]; Vologda [4425]; Voronezh [4650]; Yaroslavl [4650]; Sardegna (I) [454]; Sicilia (I) [454]; Spain (I) [454]; Svalbard (I) [754]; Sweden (I) [754]; Switzerland (I) [754]; Turkey in Europe (I) [754]; Ukraine (I) [4144]; Krym [4663, 4694]; Yugoslavia (I) [454]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (I) [3054, 4747]; Mauritius (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Cyprus (I) [454]; Kuwait (I) [1862]; Turkey in Asia (I) [454]; Yemen (I) [1896]
  North America
Canada (I) [2202, 2292]; United States (I) [1318, 1431]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2080]; New Zealand(South) (N) [2080]
  South America
Argentina (I) [2292]; Bolivia (I) [2292]; Brazil (I) [2292]; Colombia (U) [1292]; Ecuador (I) [2292]; Paraguay (I) [2292]; Peru (U) [1442]; Uruguay (I) [2292]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [454];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 368, 754, 1862, 1937, 2080, 2086, 2157, 2209, 3375, 3446, 3898, 4398] ; Distribution Map [4398] ; Illustration [1881, 2086, 3547, 3593, 4398, 4663]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2209] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Cultigen not known in the wild ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names, 2005-10 von Raab-Straube E - Ed.scr.German Names ; Habit: Herb [2209] [3898] ; Lifespan: Annual [2209] [3898] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Bisby FA, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1998 Heald J, 2004 (Malesi

  
USES:
  Environmental [1862, 2292, 2293]; Food and Drink [1862, 1937, 1938, 2086, 2209, 2293, 3030, 3898]; Forage [1862, 1938, 2086, 2209, 2293, 3028]; Medicine [1862, 2293, 3030]

  
NOTES:
  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]
  Probably originates from West Asia. Cultivated. [1937]
  Most of authors treated this species as Vicia faba [4691]

  
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