06 February 2009

etymo note: بقول فول فاصوليا fava Fabaceae Phaseoleae

11.II.1430


Phaseoleae are a tribe of the subfamily of Faboideae, commonly the legumes (ar. بقوليات ) that comprises most of the beans raised for human and domestic animal consumption, including peanuts, and fava beans, the common bean, lentils, soya, peas, among others.



Faboideae is one of the three subfamilies of the family of Fabaceae.

There does not seem to be a direct link between بازلاء and فاصوليا , but the latin name of the former is Pisum sativa. And it seems to take after the near eastern name rather than vice versa, since the basilla or peas are originates in the near east.

At long last this also explains the arabic name for peanuts "sudanese fava", because they come from the same.

Beans, fava, lentils, peanuts and peas belongs to genus Phaseolus (of a subtribe (Phaseolinae) of the Phaseoleae tribe), Vicia (of the tribe of Vicieae), Lens, Arachis and Pisum of the subfamily Faboideae alias Papilionoideae of the family Fabaceae alias Leguminosae.



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ps. of course we see no connection between ful or fa[v|b]a and fasolia.

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