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Vicia ervilia

Authority (L.) Willd. Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae Synonyms Common names aersana, alarceña, alcarceña, alcarraceña, alcaruna, alliez, alverja, alverjana, arveja, bitter vetch, capogirlo, cicerchia, comin, er, erb, erfva, eros, erp, ers, erse, erve, erven, Ervenlinse, Ervenwicke, ervil, ervilha de pombo, ervilier, ervilla, ervilliere, ervo, ervos, ervum, Eselsohren, essez, faux orobe, fregellini, French erse, gero, girlo, girón, goirils, Gute erve, herb, herén, herp, hiero, ingrassabue, jarosse, Kamellinse, kirsannah, kirsene, kirsenne, Knotenerve, Knotenfrüchtige Wicke, kursenne, kuyewandou, lenteja bastarda, lentil vetch, lentille bâtarde, lentille ers, lentille ervillière, lentille noir, leri, lero, Linsenwicke, marroiço, marroio, marruiço, mochi, mocho, moco, mosch, officinal tare, orobe bâtard, orobes des boutiques, orobo, orobo das boticas, orobos, pesette, pigeon‚s pea, pois de pigeon, pois mauresque, rhobidia, robai, robi, rubiglia, Saaterve, Saatwicklinse, seros, Stachelwicke, Steinlinse, straccabue, titos, tragellini, vèccioli, vèggioli, vesce amére, vesce Editor Ecocrop code 17507

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION An erect, trailing, much or little branched, herbaceous legume reaching 20-90 cm in height with angular stems, small red-violet flowers, leaves with 16-24 pairs of petioles and hanging glabrous pods, but without tendrils. It has a developed root system. USES It is cultivated for its edible seeds, which are fed to livestock or eaten in soups and it is grown for fodder and soil improvement. It is used as silage and hay. KILLING T Not very resistant to cold. GROWING PERIOD Annual. To make good hay, palnts should be cut while in flower. (GMIN and GMAX estimated by the compiler). COMMON NAMES Bitter vetch, Black bitter vetch, Pigeon's pea, Ervil, Ers, Erse, Erviliere, Pois de pigeon, Kersana, Kersanna, Kersenna, Kersannah, Garfallah, Kersenne. FURTHER INF Scientific synonym: Ervum ervilia. Bitter vetch is native of southern Europe. The seeds are considered poisonous to pigs and are dangerous to cattle at the time when the pods are nearing maturity and are still moist. It is resistant to cold and drought even during the early growing period. In Iraq, it occurs on mountain slopes, in coppiced oak and on fields at elevations between 800-1100 m. Seed yields may be 0.4-3 t/ha.
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SOURCES (V. ervilia (L.) Willd.) Kernick M 1961 pp 282 Roecklein J 1987 pp 141 [USE] Duke J 1981 pp 274-275 320 [RAIN, TEMP, PH] Duke J 1975 pp 31 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Bermejo J 1994 pp 281 & 287 [RAIN, TEMP, PH, TEXT] Kernick M 1978 pp 521-568 [KTMP, RAIN, TEXT]