Vicia japonica A.Gray

Species

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Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 60-120 cm tall. The stems can be climbing or trailing. The leaves are 5-15 cm long and have 5-8 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 10-30 mm long by 6-14 mm wide. The flowers are in groups of 7-15 and are blue or purple. The pod is 15-25 mm long and has 1-3 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Thickets and grassy places from the sea shore to the mountains. Forests and forest edges. Forest margins, hill slopes, valleys, meadows, riverbanks; at elevations from 600-3,700 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. In northern China it grows on hill slopes and riverbanks between 600-3,700 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses forage
Edible leaves seeds
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
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Vicia japonica world distribution map, present in Japan, Korea (Republic of), Mongolia, and Russian Federation

Conservation status

Vicia japonica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524845-1
WFO ID wfo-0001060768
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Vicia heterophylla Vicia japonica f. albiflora Vicia japonica var. japonica Vicia pallida var. japonica Vicia japonica var. laxiracemosi Ervum amoenum var. pallidum Ervum amoenum var. pallida Vicia japonica var. laxiracemis Vicia amoena f. parviloba Vicia japonica