Difference between revisions of "Fava bean"

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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.

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).
Fava bean flowers
Fava bean seeds - with cm-mm scale

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

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 File:Fava bean root nodules.jpg|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).
 File:Fava bean flowers.jpg|Fava bean flowers
+File:Fava bean seeds - with cm-mm scale.JPG|Fava bean seeds - with cm-mm scale
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