Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia villosa Roth

First published in Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(2): 182 (1793)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands, N. Africa, Europe to Central Asia and Afghanistan. It is a scrambling annual or perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses, as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

30.20% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Jones & Earle, 1966)

[SID]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1000–1500 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia.
Habit
Herb, Climbing.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: shrubland.
[UPFC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean bushland & thicket, Afromontane (upland) anthropic landscapes
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Arvejilla Menuda, Bandzhgvliani Tzertzvela, Fodder Vetch, Garoshak Kasmaty, Goroshek Mokhnatyi, Hairy Vetch, Luddvicker, Mazariche Paroasa, Ruisvirna, Veccia Vellutata, Vesce Velue, Veza Velluda, Winter Vetch, Wyka Kosmata, Zottel-Wicke
[ILDIS]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Naturalizada en Colombia; Alt. 1000 - 1500 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, trepadora
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Use
Environmental, Forage, Medicine, Weed
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Fodder Vetch

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Seed Information Database

    • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (2019) Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (September 2019)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0