Fava bean

Fava bean plants in midwinter. These have been sown in autumn. Fava beans can withstand frost and these plants will give harvest in early spring.

Gallery

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  Root nodules of the fava plant or broad bean. Each of these nodules contains billions of Rhizobia bacteria that live in symbiotic relationship to Fabaceae or the legume family (beans, peas).

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  Fava bean flowers

See also

• Gardening courses
• Knowledge base:Gardening

External links

• Fava or broad bean Tips, seed time, sowing distance; links to articles, medicinal properties, recipes - Research Topics
• Fava bean Wikipedia

Videos

• Research topics: Broad beans Playlist