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Vicia sativa, commonly known as common vetch, is a climbing or trailing plant species that belongs to the legume family. It has been grown for centuries as a crop for livestock feed and as a cover crop to improve soil fertility through nitrogen fixation.
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Species
Least Concerncommon vetch
Vicia sativa
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
救荒野豌豆（学名：Vicia sativa）是豆科野豌豆属的植物。廣泛分佈于南極洲之外的各個大陸，生长于海拔50米至3,000米的地区，多生长于田边草丛、荒山以及林中，目前已由人工引种栽培。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,814
- With media
- 5,065
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- ENCB-IPN, CP, FC-UABC, UAAAN, FB-UMSNH, IIB-UV
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
514 papers- Vicia sativa subsp. sativa native to the Middle East comprises Pea Albumin1 b-like homologs: A promising natural biopesticide.Heliyon · 2024Diya F, Rahioui I, Vallier A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26903
- The genome of Vicia sativa ssp. amphicarpa provides insights into the role of terpenoids in antimicrobial resistance within subterranean fruits.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2024Li M, Pu J, Jia C et al.DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16939
- Varying effects of Vicia sativa and Vicia villosa on bacterial composition and enzyme activities in nutrient-deficient sugarcane soils under greenhouse conditions.Scientific reports · 2025Ngonini E, Pérez-Fernández MA, Magadlela ADOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87910-y
- Potential value of the common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) as an animal feedstuff: a review.ReviewJournal of animal physiology and animal nutrition · 2017Huang YF, Gao XL, Nan ZB et al.DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12617
- Effect of Vicia sativa L. on Motility, Mortality and Expression Levels of hsp Genes in J2 Stage of Meloidogyne hapla.Journal of nematology · 2023Dobosz R, Flis Ł, Bocianowski J et al.DOI: 10.2478/jofnem-2023-0009
- Chromosome-level assembly of the common vetch (Vicia sativa) reference genome.GigaByte (Hong Kong, China) · 2022Xi H, Nguyen V, Ward C et al.DOI: 10.46471/gigabyte.38
- Ectopic expression γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase of Vicia sativa increased cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis.Gene · 2022Zhang X, Zhang L, Chen L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146358
- Genome features of common vetch (Vicia sativa) in natural habitats.Plant direct · 2021Shirasawa K, Kosugi S, Sasaki K et al.DOI: 10.1002/pld3.352
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- herbaceous plant
- Parent taxon
- Vicia
- Image
- Illustration Vicia sativa0.jpg
- Has use
- vegetable
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- Commons category
- Vicia sativa
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Vicia sativa
- Commons gallery
- Vicia sativa
- taxon common name
- navadna grašica
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- invasive to
- Shanghai
- taxon range
- Xinjiang
- short name
- V. sativa
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
Vicia sativa, known as the common vetch, garden vetch, tare or simply vetch, is a nitrogen-fixing leguminous plant in the family Fabaceae. It is now naturalised throughout the world occurring on every continent, except Antarctica and the Arctic. The centre of diversity is thought to be the Fertile Crescent, although gold standard molecular confirmation is currently not available.
Global common vetch cultivation is limited due to anti-nutritional compounds in the seed although it is grown in dryland agricultural zones in Australia, China and Ethiopia due to its drought tolerance and very low nutrient requirements compared to other legumes. In these agricultural zones common vetch is grown as a green manure, livestock fodder or rotation crop. In cultivated grainfields, like lentils, it is often considered a weed due to downgrading of harvested mixed grain, resulting in farmers receiving less financial returns.
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