Biology:Vicia palaestina

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Fabaceae

Vicia palaestina
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Close-up of flower
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Habit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Vicia
Species:
V. palaestina
Binomial name
Vicia palaestina
Boiss.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ervum palaestinum (Boiss.) Stank.
  • Vicia fleischeri Hochst. & Steud. ex Boiss.

Vicia palaestina, the Palestine vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region; Greece, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, the Levant, Sinai, and Iraq.[1] Carbonized remains of its seeds have been tentatively identified in Mousterian Neanderthal deposits in Kebara Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel.[2] Unlike many species of vetch, its seeds are non-toxic, and are edible even when raw.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Vicia palaestina Boiss." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/525009-1. 
  2. Lev, Efraim; Kislev, Mordechai E.; Bar-Yosef, Ofer (2005). "Mousterian vegetal food in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel". Journal of Archaeological Science 32 (3): 475–484. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2004.11.006. Bibcode2005JArSc..32..475L. 
  3. Yeşil, Yeter; Çelik, Mahmut; Yılmaz, Bahattin (2019). "Wild edible plants in Yeşilli (Mardin-Turkey), a multicultural area". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15 (1): 52. doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0327-y. PMID 31690334. 

Wikidata ☰ Q12200676 entry