| Vicia sativa L. // Infraspecifics: Vicia sativa ssp. cordata (Wulfen ex Hoppe) Batt., Vicia sativa ssp. sativa, Vicia sativa ssp. nigra Ehrh./ Heterotypic Synonyms: Vicia angustifolia L., Vicia angustifolia Roth, it is an annual climbing herb, up to 30-80 cm, pubescent. Polymorphic plant. Leaves with 5-7 pairs of broad, truncated or notched leaflets, rowing tendrils, stipules toothed, spotted. Flowers large (2-3 cm), with a purplish standard with purple-brown wings, geminate, rarely solitary, sub sessile. Calyx with equal teeth, equal to the tube. Pods 40-60 mm by 6-10, broad, compressed, bumpy, not stipitate, erect or spreading, puberulent, pale tawny when ripe. Seeds large, subglobose, separated by cellular tissue. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan-Apr, Vern: Jilban , Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, N. Africa to Kenya, Temp. Eurasia to Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:525117-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/525117-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212779, https://www.gbif.org/species/2975014, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148441/vicia-sativa-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1249.html, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/vicia/sativa/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/vicsat/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia_sativa |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Sabrata 2008 Sabratha region 2020 | Kaam area 2005 Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022 | (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| (42 km) S. of Benghazi 1978 Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 (35 Km) South East of Benghazi (adjacent to the Jardinah village) 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Soloq (Beir Bullerjam) 2022 | Gharian 1973 Between Yefran and Shakshuk 1977 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Wadi Derna 1968 Shahat 1970, 1978 Gaber Jera 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Gernada, Shahat 2021 |
| Marmarica Plateau | Ghat area | |
| Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 | Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 | |
| Bibliographic references: | |
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| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
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