Beans

Bean (Vicia faba) is a plant of the genus Vicia of the bean (Fabaceae) family.
Annual herbaceous plant, about 40-120 cm tall. It has a long tap root and a straight stem. Leaves are oppositely pinnate in pairs. The flowers are white, with black velvet spots on the base of the leaves, clustered in bunches of 5-8. The fruit is a 4- to 20-cm-long pod, initially erect, young green, fleshy, turning dark brown when ripe. The pods contain 3-5 large, flat seeds of different varieties and colors (light pink, green, brown, dark purple).

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