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Vicia amurensis Oett.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vicia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 50-100 cm tall, glabrescent. Stem climbing. Leaves subsessile, paripinnate, 5-15 cm; stipules semihastate, bifid, margin 3-5-toothed; leaflets 3-6-paired, ob­long-ovate to elliptic, 16-30 × 9-16 mm, puberulent at first, later glabrescent, apex retuse and entire; lateral veins dense; tendril 2-or 3-branched. Raceme subequaling leaf, densely 15-30-flowered. Calyx obliquely campanulate, unequally toothed. Corolla blue-purple or white, rarely purple; standard oblong or nearly obovate, ca. 10 × 6 mm, subequaling wings and longer than keel. Ovary glabrous; ovules 1-6. Legume rhomboid or suboblong, 15-25 mm. Seeds 1-5. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 12, 14.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It can be climbing. It grows 50-100 cm tall. The leaves are 5-15 cm long and have leaflets along the stalk. There are 3-6 pairs of leaflets. They are oval and 16-30 mm long by 9-16 mm wide. The flowers are bleu to purple but occasionally white. The pod is oblong and 15-25 mm long. There are 1-5 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.55 - 1.0
Root system -
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Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Hills and low mountains in C. and S. Japan. Also found on forest edges. Forests, forest margins, hill slopes, grasslands, meadows, sandy land along rivers, weed communities; at elevations from 400-800 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. In north China it grows on hill slopes and grasslands between 400-800 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses forage medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Vicia amurensis world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Mongolia, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524516-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186168
COL ID 5BCJM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Vicia ussuriensis Vicia vaniotii Vicia amurensis f. amurensis Vicia amurensis f. sanneensis Vicia amurensis Vicia japonica var. pratensis Vicia japonica var. silvatica Vicia amurensis var. pratensis Vicia pallida var. pratensis Vicia japonica subsp. amurensis Vicia amurensis var. pratensi Vicia amurensis var. silvatica
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