What is Fava bean?
{{speciesbox | image = Illustration Vicia faba1.jpg | image_caption = Illustration of ''Vicia faba'' in flower | display_parents = 2 | genus = Vicia | species = faba | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | synonyms = ''Faba sativa'' <small>Moench.</small> }} '''''Vicia fava''''' is a [[plant]] in the family of the [[pea]] and [[bean]] [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Fabaceae]]. It is commonly cultivated as a [[crop]]. Its [[English language|English]] [[common name]]s include '''fava bean''', '''faba bean''', '''broad bean''', '''tick bean''' and '''horse bean'''. [[Favism]] is a [[hereditary disease]]: People with this condition who eat fava beans will get problems with their [[red blood cell]]s. [[File:Broad-beans-after-cooking.jpg|center|thumb|upright=1|Cooked fava beans without shells]] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Beans]]