Summary
Place of publication:
Hannover. Mag. 18:229. 1780
Verified:
07/01/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
black-pod vetch – narrow-leaf vetch – English (Canada)
narrow-leaved vetch – French (Canada)
vesce noire – German
schmalblättrige Wicke – Spanish
averijilla – Swedish
liten sommarvicker – stor sommarvicker – Transcribed Chinese
zhai ye ye wan dou – Transliterated Russian
gorošek uzkolistnyj –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Checheno-Ingushetia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Kabardino-Balkaria | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Karachay-Cherkessia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Krasnodar | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | North Ossetia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Stavropol | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | s.e. |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | s. |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Mongolia | Mongolia | Govi-Altay | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Irkutsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kurgan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Novosibirsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Sverdlovsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tomsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation-Western Siberia | Western Siberia | s. |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Belarus | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Latvia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Lithuania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Moldova | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Arkhangelsk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Belgorod | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Bryansk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Chuvashia | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ivanovo | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kaliningrad | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kaluga | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Karelia | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kirov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Komi | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kostroma | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kursk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Leningrad | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Lipetsk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Mari-El | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Mordvinia | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Moscow | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Murmansk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Novgorod | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Orel | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Penza | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Perm | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Pskov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Rostov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ryazan | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Saratov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Smolensk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tambov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tatarstan | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tula | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Udmurtia | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ulyanovsk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Vladimir | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Volgograd | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Vologda | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Voronezh | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Yaroslavl | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | incl. Krym |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czechoslovakia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar, Stavropol]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)], Russian Federation [Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan (s.e.), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (s.), Uzbekistan
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MONGOLIA:
Mongolia [Govi-Altay]
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CHINA:
China
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chuvashia, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Karelia, Kirov, Komi, Kostroma, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Mari-El, Mordvinia, Moscow, Murmansk, Novgorod, Orel, Penza, Perm, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tatarstan, Tula, Udmurtia, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | fodder | | Zohary, D. & U. Plitmann. 1979. Chromosome polymorphism, hybridization and colonization in the Vicia sativa Group (Fabaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 131:145. Note: = Vicia sativa subsp. nigra var. segetalis (Thuill.) Ser. |
| Environmental | soil improver | green manure | Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. Note: = Vicia angustifolia L. |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | as Vicia angustifolia | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | as Vicia angustifolia | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa |
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41566.
Accessed 10 May 2025.