Broad beans: An information About My Favorite Bean

beans are one of my favorite legume plants in the world. They are grown In most parts of the world including the Americas, and mostly Africa and many parts of Asia. Beans are most purposely used as human food or animal feed especially farm animals. They are also used by farmers for the purpose of providing nutrients to the soil to help other plants and they are an excellent source of protein. Beans can be eaten raw or cooked. They are known to be one of the longest cultivated plants. There are many types of beans grown around the world. They are the broad bean, azuki bean, moth bean, mung bean, cowpea, urad bean, rice bean, which all belong to a group known as the Vigna. There are other groups like the Cicer group which consist of the chick pea. Another group also known as Pisum, pea, Indian pea, Tuberous pea and many more. This research is going to focus much on the broad bean, which is going to be studied much further.
The broad bean which is scientifically known as vicia faba, and also known as the field bean or bell bean, is one of the most common species of beans in the bean legume family.it is my favorite bean of the bean family because it was what i grew up eating and i can use it to prepare a lot of African dishes. It is widely grown in the Northern parts of Africa in which it is also a native to. It is also common in the southwest parts of Asia too. Like all other legumes and beans, broad beans have been a valuable source of protein for the past thousand years. Broad beans were found during the Iron Age and the Bronze Age. The ancient Rome armies were fed a mixture of broad beans with other leguminous meals in order to give them strength for battle.
Like all other beans and legumes, broad beans are a good source of protein, vitamin A and vitamin C, iron and folate. They can be grown in any temperate climate. They grow well in cool weather while other is relatively dormant but they do not tolerate heat very well. Broad beans can be grown on a wide range of soils, from loams to clay soils, and under a variety of drainage conditions.