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Vicia benghalensis - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Vicia benghalensis - Branch with inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Branch with inflorescence; Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Vicia benghalensis - Ripening pod - Click to enlarge!

Ripening pod; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Vicia benghalensis - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Vicia benghalensis - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1293
Date of entry: 08.05.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Reddish tufted vetch

German: Bengalische Wicke

Portuguese: Ervilhaca vermelha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Vicia (8)

            Epithet: benghalensis L. (2)

Synonyms: Cracca atropurpurea (Desf.) Gren. & Godr., Vicia atropurpurea Desf.

atropurpurea => dark purple

benghalensis => of or from Bengal, historical and geographical region covering Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal in India

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple

External links

Check for Vicia benghalensis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [38] Burnie, D. (2007): Mediterrane Wildpflanzen. Naturbibliothek, Dorling Kindersley Verlag, München, Germany.

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