小扁豆（学名：Lens culinaris）又名兵豆、滨豆，属一年生草本荚果，种子可作食用，每株约40厘米（16英寸）高。

据信，自陶器、新石器时代，就为近东一带人们所食用。

扁豆颜色范围，黄色、红橙色、绿色、棕色和黑色等。

The lentil (Lens culinaris) is an edible pulse. It is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, known for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each.