Fababean is an annual legume known botanically as Vicia faba L. The crop is known by many names, most of which refer to a particular subgroup rather than the whole species. Common names for fababean include the largeseeded broadbeans or windsorbeans Vicia faba var. major, horsebeans Vicia Faba var. equina, and the small, roundoval seeded tickbean or pigeon bean Vicia faba var. minor. The varieties grown in Manitoba are small to medium in seed size and belong to the minor and equina group. Fababeans are a versatile speciality crop that has proven itself to many Manitoba, Canada farmers in the past 15 years. In 1988 there was over 122,000 acres of fababeans produced in Manitoba.

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