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Vicia narbonensis L.

Purple broad vetch (en), Vesce de Narbonne (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vicia

Characteristics

A herb. It is similar to broad bean. It is a short hairy annual plant. The stems are robust but not climbing. The leaves have 2-3 pairs of oblong leaflets. The lower leaves do not have tendrils. The leaflets and stipule may or may not have teeth. The flowers are white with purple veins or all purple. They are 20-30 mm long. The flowers occur singly or in pairs. The pods are black or brown and 30-70 mm long.
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Coarse, erect annual 3–6 dm with 4-angled stems, large semi-cordate stipules and ample lvs with tendrils; lfls 1–3 pairs, obovate to elliptic, serrate or entire, 3–6 cm; fls 1 or 2 in the axils, blue or violet, 15–25 mm; cal distinctly bilabiate; fr 4–7 cm × 10–15 mm, 4–6-seeded, with pectinate-fringed sutures; 2n=14. Native of the Mediterranean region, established as a weed near Washington, D.C.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) 1.1
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Thickets, damp fields and ditches. Grassy places, forest areas and fields. Weedy and moist places,; at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
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It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in both cultivated and waste places.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

The seeds are cooked as a snack and are also eaten raw or roasted. The fresh pods are eaten raw.
Uses animal food breeding environmental use experimental purposes fodder food forage gene source human nutrition manure medicinal
Edible leaves pods 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°) 10 - 24
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Vicia narbonensis habit picture by garro mathis (cc-by-sa)
Vicia narbonensis habit picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)
Vicia narbonensis habit picture by Stéphane Mars (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Vicia narbonensis leaf picture by Ludovic Lavigne (cc-by-sa)
Vicia narbonensis leaf picture by Arch Stanton (cc-by-sa)
Vicia narbonensis leaf picture by Arch Stanton (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Vicia narbonensis flower picture by Ludovic Lavigne (cc-by-sa)
Vicia narbonensis flower picture by mapa (cc-by-sa)
Vicia narbonensis flower picture by Stefana Popova (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Vicia narbonensis fruit picture by Stefana Popova (cc-by-sa)
Vicia narbonensis fruit picture by André DENIS (cc-by-sa)
Vicia narbonensis fruit picture by huy HO (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Vicia narbonensis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), New Zealand, Pakistan, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America, and Uzbekistan

Conservation status

Vicia narbonensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524974-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212761
COL ID 5BCTL
BDTFX ID 71696
INPN ID 129252
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Bona narbonensis Bona serratifolia Vicia platycarpos Vicia monadelpha Vicia latifolia Faba bona Faba narbonensis Faba serratifolia Bona speciosa Vicia narbonensis var. narbonensis Vicia narbonensis var. salmonea Vicia serratifolia subsp. salmonea Faba bona subsp. minuta Vicia narbonensis var. serratifolia Vicia narbonensis var. serratifolia Bona narbonensis var. serratifolia Vicia narbonensis var. jordanica Vicia narbonensis var. culta Vicia narbonensis var. integrifolia Vicia narbonensis var. platycarpos Vicia narbonensis
WorldFloraDB 2024