Vicia
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Vicia is a genus of over 240 species of flowering plants that are part of the legume family, and which are commonly known as vetches. Vicia species are native to Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas.
Vicia orobus 1 e F
Vicia amoena
Kashubian (Danzig) vetch (V. cassubica)
Vicia grandiflora
Vicia faba
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Vicia faba, commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consump
Vicia
…Lathyrus) or the milk-vetches (Astragalus). The lentils are included in genus Vicia, and were formerly classified in genus Lens. The broad bean (Vicia faba) is sometimes separated in a monotypic genus Faba; although not often used today, it is of historical importance in plant taxonomy as the namesake of…
Illustration Vicia faba 1
Broad beans in the pod
Broad beans, shelled and steamed
Vicia faba beans around a US quarter