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Vicia palaestina

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Species of plant in the family Fabaceae

Vicia palaestina
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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
Boiss.
Synonyms
  • 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. Carbonized remains of its seeds have been tentatively identified in Mousterian Neanderthal deposits in Kebara Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel. Unlike many species of vetch, its seeds are non-toxic, and are edible even when raw.

References

  1. ^ "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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Vicia palaestina


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