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Vicia
ervilia
(L.) Willd.
Published In:
Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 3(2): 1103. 1802. (
Sp. Pl.
)
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(Last Modified On 11/2/2016)
Acceptance :
Accepted
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(Last Modified On 7/17/2018)
GROWTH: Lifespan:
Annual, Perennial
Life form:
Herbaceous
Sexual reproduction:
Selfing (cleistogamous)
Human edible:
Seeds
Details: Economic use:
Seeds eaten in soups (Kunkel 1984).
TOXICITY: Toxicity:
Animal
Toxic parts:
Seeds
Details: Toxicity:
Seeds used as animal feed have harmful effects due to the content of the antinutrient amino acid L-canavanine, whose content can be reduced by processing (Sadeghi et al., 2004).
References:
Sadeghi, Sami, Pourreza & Rahmani. 2004. Canavanine content and toxicity of raw and treated bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia) seeds for broiler chicken. Int. J. Poult. Sci. 3(8): 522–529.
Roskov, J. L. Zarucchi, F.A. Bisby & Novoselova. (eds.) 2014. ILDIS World Database of Legumes (version 12, May 2014).
Kunkel, G. W. H. 1984. Plants for Human Consumption Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.
Zohary, D., Hopf & Weiss. 2012. Domestication of Plants in the Old World.
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