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

Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Vicia+narbonensis>
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)
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
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.
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.”
Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.
“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.