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Vicia
tetrasperma
(L.) Schreb.
Published In:
Spicilegium Florae Lipsicae 26. 1771. (
Spic. Fl. Lips.
)
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 11/2/2016)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 4/7/2017)
GROWTH: Lifespan:
Annual, Perennial
Life form:
Herbaceous, Shrub
Human edible:
Leaves, Stems
Details: Economic use:
Young leaves and shoots cooked and used as a vegetable (Facciola 1998).
Details: Toxicity:
There is one case report of brief, minor gastrointestinal symptoms in a three-year-old child who consumed this species raw (Wine & Johnson, 1993).
References:
Wine & Johnson. 1993. Vicia tetrasperma (four-seeded vetch) ingestion by a 3-year-old child. Vet. Hum. Toxicol. 35(5): 436–437.
Roskov, J. L. Zarucchi, F.A. Bisby & Novoselova. (eds.) 2014. ILDIS World Database of Legumes (version 12, May 2014).
Facciola. 1998. Cornucopia II Kampong Publications, Vista, CA.
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