Other conspecific taxa:

• Vicia faba var. equina (0 accessions)
• Vicia faba var. faba (0 accessions)
• Vicia faba var. minuta (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

• (=) Faba bona Medik.
• (=) Faba vulgaris Moench
• (=) Faba vulgaris var. paucijuga Alef.
• (=) Vicia faba subsp. paucijuga Muratova

Common names:

• bell-bean  (Source: Cover Crop Database) - English
• broad-bean  (Source: BSBI) - English
• faba-bean  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• fava-bean  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• fève  (Source: pers. comm.) - French
• féverole  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• fava  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• favetta  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• favino  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• sora-mame  (Source: F Okin) - Japanese Rōmaji
• bondböna  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• can dou  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese
• konskij bob  (Source: Mansf Ency) - Transliterated Russian

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: soil improver ()
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for lentil ()
• Medicines: folklore ()
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals ()
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals ()
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals ()

Distributional Range:

Cultivated (widely cult.)

Other (origin unknown)

References:

1. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 (Websters Dict)
2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
3. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
4. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 (Cooper & Johnson ed2)
5. Cubero, J. I. & M. J. Suso 1981. Primitive and modern forms of Vicia faba (Kulturpflanze) 29:137-145.
6. Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7. 2001 (L Noms French ed7)
7. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
8. Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
9. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
10. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982 (Mult Glossary Crops)
11. Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 (Kellerman et al.)
12. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 (Kingsbury)
13. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
14. University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). (Cover Crop Database)
15. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300661. Accessed 7 junio 2026.