| Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb., it is an annual herb, up to 20-50 cm, glabrescent, slender; leaves with 3-5 pairs of linear-oblong, obtuse leaflets, simple or bifurcated tendrils, upper stipules entire. Lilac flowers veined with purple, small (4-5 mm), 1-2 on capillary peduncles, not ridged, shorter than or equal to the leaf. Calyx with unequal teeth. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Pods 9-12 mm by 3-4, sub cylindrical, rounded at the top and without beak, almost always glabrous, with 4 seeds, hilum oblong-linear, equal to the 5th of the outline of the seed. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: Pal, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Temp. Eurasia to Indian Subcontinent, N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60016556-3, https://www.ipni.org/n/60016556-3, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212802, https://www.gbif.org/species/2975083, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1253.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_viciatetrasperma.php, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/vicia_tetrasperma.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Sidi-Omeer 2016 | Gasar Akhiar, Ghanima 2016 | Wadi El-Kauf 1968 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Al-Baida 2021 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Abusaief, H.M.A. & Boasoul, S.H. (2021) A taxonomic study of twelve wild forage species of Fabaceae. Heliyon 7 (2021) e06077. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021001821, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief | Taxonomic study of wild forage species of Fabaceae 2021 |
| Najah, A. M. (2016) The Natural Plant (Sidi Omir-Kasr El Khiar-Ghanima) as a model. Journal of Humanities, Scientific and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Qasr Kheyar, Al-Mirqab University, Issue 2, pp. (109-145). (In Arabic) http://khsj.elmergib.edu.ly/2016_2_ar.pdf | |
| Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5) http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf | Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar 2013 |
