Preferred Name |
broad bean plant (food source) |
Definitions |
GRIN Nomen 300661 Vicia faba L. (broad bean, bell-bean, fava-bean, faba-bean); however ITIS Id. 26339 Vicia faba L. (horsebean). Vicia faba, the Broad Bean, Fava Bean, Field Bean, Bell Bean or Tic Bean, is a species of bean (Fabaceae) native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere. A variety is provisionally recognized: Vicia faba var. equina Pers. - Horse Bean. Although usually classified in the same genus Vicia as the vetches, some botanists treat it in a separate monotypic genus Faba. The term fava bean (from the Italian fava, meaning "broad bean") is usually used in English speaking countries such as the US, however the term broad bean is the most common name in the UK. |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03411367 |
hasDbXref |
PLANTS:VIFA GRIN:300661 LANGUAL:B1367 MANSFELD:30416 DPNL 2003:13823 ITIS:26339 |
imported from | |
label |
broad bean plant (food source) |
prefixIRI |
FOODON:03411367 |
prefLabel |
broad bean plant (food source) |
textual definition |
GRIN Nomen 300661 Vicia faba L. (broad bean, bell-bean, fava-bean, faba-bean); however ITIS Id. 26339 Vicia faba L. (horsebean). Vicia faba, the Broad Bean, Fava Bean, Field Bean, Bell Bean or Tic Bean, is a species of bean (Fabaceae) native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere. A variety is provisionally recognized: Vicia faba var. equina Pers. - Horse Bean. Although usually classified in the same genus Vicia as the vetches, some botanists treat it in a separate monotypic genus Faba. The term fava bean (from the Italian fava, meaning "broad bean") is usually used in English speaking countries such as the US, however the term broad bean is the most common name in the UK. |
subClassOf |
Delete | Mapping To | Ontology | Source |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03411367 | Environment Ontology | LOOM | |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03411367 | Environment Ontology | SAME_URI |