Species:
Vicia palaestina Boiss.
Common name:
Vesce de Palestine
Palestine vetch
Arabic name:
بيقية فلسطينيّة
Endemic to:
The east Mediterranean region
Habitat :
Prairies.
Chromosome Number:
2n = 14chr.
Genome size:
5.10pg (2C), Raina and Bisht,1988
Botanic Description
Fr: Plante hispide annuelle, grimpante, longue de 20 à 60cm. Ses folioles sont aiguës et lancéolées, disposées en 5 à 9 paires. La fleur est violacée et de taille entre 4 et 6mm. La gousse est glabre et contient 2 à 4 graines.
Eng: Hispid, annual, climbing plant, 20 to 60cm long. Its leaflets are acute and lanceolate, arranged in 5 to 9 pairs. The flower is purplish and between 4 and 6mm in size. The pod is glabrous and contains 2-4 seeds.
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