Chinese name: Fava bean
Latin name: Vicia?faba?Linn
Alias: Hu beans, Buddha beans, Hu beans, Sichuan beans, bonnet beans, Luohan beans
Family: Leguminosae
Genus: Wild pea
Region of distribution: in our country, the most in Sichuan, followed by Yunnan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Qinghai and so on
Annual or biennial herbaceous plants, square stems, hollow center, white flowers with purple spots, pods. Seeds for food.