Jerusalem Vetchling / جلبان / / سيسعة (القدس)

جُلْبان القُدْس

Lathyrus hierosolymitanus Boiss.

Flower, March. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

February to April

Seed collection period

April to June

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

Orange
Yellow

Leaf type

Compound
Pinnate

Life form

Annual
Climber

Scientifc data

Genus

Lathyrus

Family

Fabaceae

Wikidata item

Q15472315

GBIF Item

Lathyrus hierosolymitanus Boiss. (5356478)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

IUCN Red List. (2021, November 20).
Lathyrus hierosolymitanus Boiss. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
Nehmé, M.(2008). Etymological dictionary of Syrian flora. Beirut: Librairie du liban publishers.(English, French, and Arabic)

Citation

Lathyrus hierosolymitanus Boiss. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/539 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.