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Vicia orientalis
About
Vicia orientalis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Caucasus, southeastern Greece, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Pakistan. An annual, it is found in wide variety of habitats at elevations from 450 to 1,500 m. It is the wild progenitor of Vicia lens, the lentil. Under its synonym Lens orientalis it has been assessed as Least Concern.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Vicia orientalis
- Slug
- vicia-orientalis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
- Species
- orientalis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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