Pan India Bouquets

Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Basionym : Ervum tetraspermum L.
Synonym(s) : Ervilia tetrasperma (L.) Opiz; Ervum glabrum Gilib.; Ervum monanthos Georgi; Ervum soloniense Thuill.; Lathyrus monanthos Baumg.; Vicia agrestis Scheele; Vicia gemella Crantz; Vicia pusilla Muhl. ex Willd.; Vicia tetrasperma subsp. eutetrasperma Briq.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
Common name : Lentil Vetch, Smooth Tare, Smooth Vetch, Sparrow Vetch
Habit : Annual herb
Habitat : Hill slopes, valleys, grasslands, fields, cultivated areas, open ground, wastelands, roadsides; near sea level to 2900 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Weed of cultivated ground
Flower, Fruit : February-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Macaronesia, Temperate Eurasia to Indian Subcontinent, North Africa
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Tropics and subtropics
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 113; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 725
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Vicia tetrasperma. Downloaded on 9 December 2022.

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