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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 ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium
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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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.