Vicia articulata
Vicia articulata
Safety & Hazards
The seeds contain the anti-nutritional compound L-canavanine, a competitive inhibitor of arginine decarboxylase. This is removed by soaking the seeds in water prior to cooking and discarding the soak water[ 1127 Title Single-flowered vetch (Vicia articulata Hornem.): A relic crop in Italy Publication Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 47: 461-465, 2000 Author Laghetti G.; Piergiovanni A.R.; Galasso I.; Hammer K. & Perr Publisher Year 200 ISBN Description ].
Botanical Description
Vicia articulata is an annual plant with scrambling stems that cling to the surrounding vegetation; it can grow 20 - 90cm tall. The plant is cultivated, mainly on the Iberian peninsula and in southern France, though nowadays only very sporadically, as a relic crop for its edible seeds, known as 'black lentils'[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 1127 Title Single-flowered vetch (Vicia articulata Hornem.): A relic crop in Italy Publication Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 47: 461-465, 2000 Author Laghetti G.; Piergiovanni A.R.; Galasso I.; Hammer K. & Perr Publisher Year 200 ISBN Description ]. Even in Spain, where domestication took place, cultivation had been declining very strongly and has often been abandoned completely. Since the beginning of the 20th century the species had been grown in the USA, in southern states as green manure in orchards. Obviously a rather young domesticate[ 2 Title Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Publication Author Hedrick. U. P. Publisher Dover Publications Year 1972 ISBN 0-486-20459-6 Description Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 1127 Title Single-flowered vetch (Vicia articulata Hornem.): A relic crop in Italy Publication Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 47: 461-465, 2000 Author Laghetti G.; Piergiovanni A.R.; Galasso I.; Hammer K. & Perr Publisher Year 200 ISBN Description ]. Vicia articulata is widespread across Europe, also native to Egypt, Iraq and Turkey, with a stable population and no apparent major threats due to its occurrence in a stable climax habitat. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2016)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].