Thank you, Sir On Wed 8 May, 2019, 9:13 AM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Anil ji, for the wonderful details. > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > On Mon 6 May, 2019, 9:32 PM Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur, < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Broad Bean, Fava Bean or Faba Bean >> Indian Names: Hindi- बाकला Bakla, काला मटर Kala matar, राम चना Ram >> chana; Punjabi- Chas tang; Himachali- Kyanyun; Marathi- Vaal, Kasmiri- >> Katun, Manipuri- Hawai-amubi, Tamil- Avarai, Laddakhi- Nakshan; >> Nepali-Bakulaa >> Botanical name: Vicia faba var. major (Vicia is a Latin name for a >> vetch; faba is a Latin word for broadbean) >> Family: Fabaceae >> Clicked in Shimla >> On May 6, ,2019 >> >> Uses: Broad bean is chiefly cultivated for its nutritious pods and >> seeds which are cooked as green vegetable. Dried seeds can also be >> used as pulse. The fresh seeds contain Carbohydrates (58 %), Protein >> (26%), Dietary fiber (25%), Fat (1.5-2 %), Vitamins and traces of >> minerals. Hundred grams of broad beans provides 341 kcal/1425 kJ of >> energy. Vicia faba var. minor (horsebean with small sized seeds) is >> used a cattle feed and fodder. >> In traditional Chinese medicine, leafy shoots and seedpods of >> broadbeans are used as diuretic, expectorant, lithotripic and tonic. >> Seeds are considered to be aphrodisiac. >> Hazards >> Ingestion of fresh uncooked or partially cooked seeds can lead to >> development of a disease known as Favism, characterized by haemolytic >> anaemia, haemoglobinuria and jaundice. >> >> >> -- >> With best Regards, >> >> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEWs%3DZ%3DZpC%3DLBWRCTmaCSKi2oJQ4Lc6vx4WgSGQK0MWd6L7Uew%40mail.gmail.com.
