Other conspecific taxa:

• Vicia faba (11 accessions)
• Vicia faba var. equina (21 accessions)
• Vicia faba var. minuta (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Faba vulgaris var. major Harz
• (-) Vicia faba subsp. faba L.
• (=) Vicia faba [unranked] major (Harz) Beck

Common names:

• broad-bean  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• faba-bean  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• fava-bean  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• Windsor-bean  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• gourgane  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• grosse fève  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• dicke Bohne  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Puffbohne  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• haba  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• haba común  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder
• Human food: pulse

Distributional Range:

Cultivated (only cult.)

References:

1. Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. Vicieae Database Project 7:54.
2. Hermann, F. J. 1960. Vetches of the United States - native, naturalized and cultivated. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 168:11.
3. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
4. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
5. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
7. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
8. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
9. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://agb.amvmt.lt/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=41482. Accessed 3 balandžio 2026.