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 . . . → Read More: Broad Beans - Composition and Cultivation