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Vicia sativa ssp. nigra

Authority	(L.) Ehrh.
Family	Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae
Synonyms	Vicia angustifolia L., Vicia angustifolia var. segetalis (Thuill.) W.D.J. Koch, Vicia angustifolia var. uncinata (Desv.) Rouy, Vicia sativa var. angustifolia (L.) Ser., Vicia sativa var. nigra L., Vicia sativa var. segetalis (Thuill.) Ser.
Common names	common vetch, garden vetch, slimleaf vetch, vetch
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Ecocrop code	238002

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A herbaceous legume up tp 60-90 cm tall. USES It is grown for pasture, food, green manure, and as a cover crop in orchards. KILLING T Tolerates cold temperatures. GROWING PERIOD Annual herb. Autumn sown in Brazil it provides groundcover in 60-80 days, flowers after 100-130 days, and mature in 120-170 days. It can be plowed under as green manure in about 90 days. Is said to mature seed in 80-90 days in Lebanon. In the United States it flowers in Marts-October and fruits in May-November. COMMON NAMES Blackpod vetch, Narrow leaf vetch. FURTHER INF Scientific synonyms: V. abyssinica, V. sativa v abyssinica, V. sativa v angustifolia. Blackpod vetch is native of the region from Central Africa to Sinai. It can be found between 1600-3360 m i elevation in tropical Africa.
Sources
SOURCES (V. sativa L. ssp. nigra) Kernick M 1961 pp 282 Duke J 1981 pp 283-284 320 [LIG, RAIN, TEMP, PH] Roecklein J 1987 pp 143 [USE, TEMP, RAIN] Monegat C 1991 pp 119