An annual herb with coarse and upright stems, unbranched 0.3-2 m tall, with 1 or more hollow stems from the base. The leaves are 10-25 cm long, pinnate with 2-7 leaflets, and of a distinct glaucous grey-green colour; unlike most other vetches, the leaves do not have tendrils for climbing over other vegetation. The flowers are 1-2.5 cm long, with five petals, the standard petal white, the wing petals white with a black spot, and the keel petals white. The fruit is a broad leathery pod, green maturing blackish-brown, with a densely downy surface.

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Vicia faba L.

Alanine, arginine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, linoleic acid, lysine, methionine, myristic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, pantothenic acid, phenylalanine, riboflavin, stearic acid, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine (seed); ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, thiamin (fruit, seed); asparagine (leaf); betulin, fumaric acid (root); butein, choline, citric acid, malic acid, niacin, oxalic acid (fruit); caffeic acid, ferulic acid, medicarpin, p-coumaric acid, sinapic acid (plant); kaempferol, p-hydroxy benzoic acid (shoot)

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