French vetch / فول بري / / فوّيلة

بيقيّة نَربون / فول إبْليس / بَخَر / بريده / البيقية النربونية / البيقية الفرنسية / الكاكوز / الكرفالة / بيقية ارجوانية عريضة

Vicia narbonensis L.

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

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Seeds
Preparation
  • Cooked with olive oil
  • Roasted
  • Salads
Blooming period
January to May
Foraging period
May to June
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Crimson
  • Violet
Leaf type
  • Compound
  • Pinnate
Life form
  • Annual
  • Climber

Scientifc data

Genus
Vicia
Family
Fabaceae
Wikidata item
Q3556316
GBIF Item
Vicia narbonensis L. (2975132)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Vicia+narbonensis>
  2. Vicia narbonensis L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  5. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  6. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.
  7. “Perennial Agriculture Project.” Accessed April 26, 2023. http://legacy.tropicos.org/Project/PAPGI.

Citation

Vicia narbonensis L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/675 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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