WorldFloraDB - Vicia monantha

Characteristics

A short herb. A twining annual herb. It grows from 5-30 cm high. It is almost hairless. The stems are branched. The leaves have 4-7 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are pale purple. The pods are yellowish and without hairs. There are 2 subspecies.

Life form	annual
Growth form	herb
Growth support	climber
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
Spread	anemochory
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.5
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	1.5
Root diameter (meter)	-
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Fruit color	-
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Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

It grows in rocky places and on waste land. It can grow in neutral or alkaline soils. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 90-1,230 mm. It can grow in arid places.

More

Eroded hills, rolling plains, valleys and wadis; at elevations up to 600 metres in Iraq. Shrub steppes in Israel.

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Usage

The thick floury seeds are eaten boiled or in soups. They can also be made into flour. It grows in areas with an average annual temperature of 7°-16°C. It can grow up to 1,300 m above sea level.

Uses	animal food environmental use fodder food forage gene source green manure human nutrition manure
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It can be grown from seeds. Seeds do not always germinate easily or regularly.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	10 - 18
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