The bell bean (Vicia Faba), also known as the fava bean or broad been, is a Eudicot Angiosperm from the family Fabaceae. It is an annual flowering plant that thrives in cool temperatures. The plant grows to about 4 to 5 feet tall and is composed of large smooth oval pinnate compound leaves and large stipules. They produce a panicle inflorescence of bilateral white flowers with a dark spot in clusters, which develop into pod bearing seeds, also known as beans.