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Genus:
Vicia (Broad Bean genus) Life
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About 140 species, native to Europe, Asia and North Africa,
with six species naturalised in southern Africa and a further 11 species that
are cultivated in the region, including Vicia faba
(Broad bean).
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
Vicia
benghalensis (Reddish tufted vetch)
Native to southern Europe and North Africa. Naturalised in southern
Africa. Creeper in disturbed habitats. |
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Vicia
cracca |
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Vicia
hirsuta (Hairy tare)
Native to Eurasia and North Africa. |
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Vicia sativa (Common
vetch) Native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
Naturalised in southern Africa where it is encountered in disturbed
habitats. |
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Vicia
tetrasperma |
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Vicia villosa (Russian vetch)
Native from Europe to Afghanistan. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Vicia angustifolia
Native to Eurasia and North Africa. |
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Vicia articulata
Native to southern Europe. |
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Vicia dumetorum
Native to Europe. |
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Vicia faba
(Broad bean, Faba bean, Horse bean, Tic bean)
Bean seeds and very young pods are eaten as a
vegetable. Seeds have a high protein content of about 20-25%. Broad Bean
was probably domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean region in the late
Neolithic (about 6800- 4500 BC) but precise evidence is lacking and
in addition we have no idea of the wild plant species from which it was
derived. |
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Vicia lutea (Yellow vetch)
Native from Europe to the Caucasus. |
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Vicia narbonensis
Native from southern Europe to Pakistan. |
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Vicia pampicola
Native to Argentina. |
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Vicia pannonica
Native from Czech Republic to Ukraine. |
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Vicia pubescens
Native to southern Europe. |
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Vicia unijuga
Native from Mongolia to Japan. |
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Vicia varia
Native to Europe. |
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