Broadbeans are aka fava beans and a range of details are found here.
Fava beans were enjoyed by ancient Egyptians 5,000 years ago and 3,000 years later continued to be a prime source of protein in the Near East.
The fava is a large, brown bean, these beans are often considered the tastiest bean around, along with being the meatiest bean.The favas grows in large pods that house approximately five beans each.
Vicia faba, the broadbean, fava bean, faba bean, horse bean, field bean or tic bean is a species of bean (Fabaceae) native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere.
Broadbeans are eaten while still young and tender, enabling harvesting to begin as early as the middle of spring for plants started under glass or over-wintered in a protected location, but even the maincrop sown in early spring will be ready from mid to late summer.
Broadbeans are rich in L-dopa, a substance used medically in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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