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Taxon:  Vicia benghalensis L.



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicilla
Section:
Cracca
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
41464
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:736. 1753
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vicia albicans Lowe
Vicia atropurpurea Desf.
Vicia loweana Steud.
Vicia micrantha Lowe
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. Vicieae Database Project 7:48.
  3. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  5. Enneking, D. 1995. The toxicity of Vicia species and their utilization as grain legumes. 4.
  6. Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Vicia+benghalensis&quantity=1
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  9. Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. Note: = Vicia atropurpurea
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Common names
English
Algerian vetch –
purple vetch –
French
vesce de Bengale –
vesce pourpre foncé –
German
Purpurwicke –
Italian
veccia del Bengala –
Spanish
veza purpúrea –
Swedish
purpurvicker –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmentalsoil improveras green manureGraham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. Note: = Vicia atropurpurea
Environmentalsoil improveras green manureUniversity of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestock fide Enneking 30. 1995Enneking, D. 1995. The toxicity of Vicia species and their utilization as grain legumes. 4.


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