Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Vicia tenuifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vicia tenuifolia is a herbaceous perennial plant with rather robust, erect or ascending stems growing up to 100cm tall. The plant often scrambles into the surrounding vegetation, attaching itself by means of tendrils[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1128 Title Revision of Vicia L. (Leguminosae) in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Publication Author Okan Kaan Binzat Website http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615083/index.pdf Publisher Year 2012 ISBN Description A thesis submitted to the Graduate School of Natural and Allpied Sciences of Middle east Technical University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences ]. The plant is occasionally been harvested from the wild, especially in times of famine, for local use as a food. It has potential as a future food crop. Vicia tenuifolia has a wide distribution, the population is believed to be stable at present and there are no major threats at present. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2012)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Sweden to Portufal, east to eastern Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Afghanistan, Nepal, Turkey, Levant; N. Africa - Morocco, Algeria

HabitatMediterranean forest, grasslands and slopes, usually on sandstone and light red soils with free drainage[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Dry meadows, herbaceous grassy steppes, fallow fields, slopes and dry forests[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].