Vicia palaestina
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Habit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
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 2 "Vicia palaestina Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  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. Bibcode:2005JArSc..32..475L. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2004.11.006.
  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. PMC 6833206. PMID 31690334.


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