it is unlike most of other vetches, leaves do not have tendrils for the climbing over vegetation. Flowers are about 1-2 cm long having 5 petals, standard petal while, wing petal white with black spot, and keel petal white. Fruit is broad leathery pod, it is green maturing with densely downy surface, for wild species, pods are about 5 to 10 cm long.

Broad Beans have long tradition of the cultivation in some Old agriculture world, being an ancient plant in cultivation and among easiest to grow. Broad Bean is believed that along with lentil and chickpeas, it has become part of eastern Mediterranean diet in 6000 BC or may be earlier. Still, they are grown as cover crop to the prevent erosion due to it is over-winter as well as because of legume, fix nitrogen in soil. Commonly these cultivated plants can also be attacked by the fungal diseases as Rust and the chocolate spot.

It is, lightly steamed and shelled for 3 minutes, fried beans as snack are also eaten while look still tender and young. Beans can also be fried and causing skin to spilt open, then salted or spice to produce savory crunchy snacks. In China these are most popular, in Mexico, Peru these are eaten and well as cooked and eater much spicier in Thailand. Beans are used in many Arab cuisines, such as fava bean is used in breakfast and called full medames; it is usually crushed in sauce although fava bean does need to be crushed.