Fabaceae FAMILY

Vicia noeana

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vicia noeana is an annual plant with an erect or scrambling stem; it can grow up to 60cm tall[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and is occasionally cultivated as a seed crop[ 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 ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeW. Asia - Turkey, Syria, Iraq.

HabitatDisturbed steppe, cultivated and fallow fields; at elevations from 500 - 1,700 metres in Turkey[ 93 Title Flora of Turkey. Publication Author Davis. P. H. Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 1965 ISBN - Description Not for the casual reader, this is an immense work in many volumes. Some details of plant uses and habitats. ].