Vicia faba var. major AT/May 2019/01

[Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur]

Broad Bean, Fava Bean or Faba Bean
Indian Names: Hindi- बाकला Bakla, काला मटर Kala matar, राम चना Ram
chana; Punjabi- Chas tang; Himachali- Kyanyun; Marathi- Vaal, Kasmiri-
Katun, Manipuri- Hawai-amubi, Tamil- Avarai, Laddakhi- Nakshan;
Nepali-Bakulaa
Botanical name: Vicia faba var. major (Vicia is a Latin name for a
vetch; faba is a Latin word for broadbean)
Family: Fabaceae
Clicked in Shimla
On May 6, ,2019

Uses: Broad bean is chiefly cultivated for its nutritious pods and
seeds which are cooked as green vegetable. Dried seeds can also be
used as pulse. The fresh seeds contain Carbohydrates (58 %), Protein
(26%), Dietary fiber (25%), Fat (1.5-2 %), Vitamins and traces of
minerals. Hundred grams of broad beans provides 341 kcal/1425 kJ of
energy. Vicia faba var. minor (horsebean with small sized seeds) is
used a cattle feed and fodder.
In traditional Chinese medicine, leafy shoots and seedpods of
broadbeans are used as diuretic, expectorant, lithotripic and tonic.
Seeds are considered to be aphrodisiac.
Hazards
Ingestion of fresh uncooked or partially cooked seeds can lead to
development of a disease known as Favism, characterized by haemolytic
anaemia, haemoglobinuria and jaundice.


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Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur

[Ushadi Micromini]

did you open these to take pictures of the seeds?

Yes

Jewish food llaws (Kosher) prohibit it, just for that reason

Usha di
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[Anil Thakur]

Not this time, madam
Although, I have done it earlier many times before cooking. Yesterday, clicked it in Sabji Mandi just for the purpose of compiling Indian names for this plant. I do not like it's taste, so did not purchase.

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Anil ji, for the wonderful details. 

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[Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur]

Thank you, Sir 

[J.M. Garg]

This variety is not list in either The Plant List Ver. 1.1, Catalogue of Life as well as POWO except as Faba major Desf. (syn. of Vicia faba L.)

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[Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur]

Garg ji

Broad bean is mostly written as Vicia faba only. I was going through some paper where var. major and var. minor was mentioned on the basis of seed shape and size.

It was my mistake not to check at The Plant List or PoWO for the correctness. 

It may be considered only as Vicia faba cultivar. 

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Anil ji. 

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