Broad-pod vetch / كسيكسة الحية /

بريد / بيقِيَّة رحالة /

Vicia peregrina L.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility

Edible

Edible part

Seeds

Preparation

Cooked

Blooming period

February to May

Foraging period

March to April

Seed collection period

May to July

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

Crimson
Violet

Leaf type

Compound
Pinnate

Life form

Annual
Climber

Scientifc data

Genus

Vicia

Family

Fabaceae

Wikidata item

Q12200665

GBIF Item

Vicia peregrina L. (2975262)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Melamed, Y., Plitmann, U. and Kislev, M.E., 2008. Vicia peregrina: an edible early Neolithic legume. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 17(1), pp.29-34.
Vicia peregrina L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.

Citation

Vicia peregrina L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/678 accessed via barari.org on 9/12/2025.