Vicia narbonensis

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Vicia}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{Cite iucn |title=Vicia narbonensis |author=Rhodes, L.|name-list-style=amp |page=e.T176095A1429747 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T176095A1429747.en|access-date=23 January 2024}}

|genus=Vicia

|species=narbonensis

|authority=L.

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• Bona narbonensis (L.) Medik.
• Bona speciosa Medik.
• Faba bona Medik.
• Faba bona subsp. minuta (Alef.) Soják
• Faba narbonensis (L.) Schur
• Faba serratifolia Fuss
• Vicia heterophylla Rchb.
• Vicia latifolia Moench
• Vicia monadelpha Roth
• Vicia narbonensis var. jordanica H.I.Schäf.
• Vicia narbonensis var. salmonea (Mouterde) H.I.Schäf.
• Vicia pauciflora Formánek
• Vicia platycarpos Roth

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Vicia narbonensis, called Narbon bean, Narbon vetch, Narbonne vetch and moor's pea, is a widely distributed species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Madeira and the Mediterranean countries through to Central Asia and the western Himalayas, and has been introduced to central and eastern Europe, and scattered other locations.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524974-1 |title=Vicia narbonensis L. |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 May 2021 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.feedipedia.org/node/240 |title=Narbon vetch (Vicia narbonensis) |last1=Heuzé |first1=V. |last2=Tran |first2=G. |last3=Lebas |first3=F. |date=21 October 2015 |website=Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System |publisher=Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO |access-date=21 May 2021 }} It has some palatability issues, but has potential as a green manure and forage crop, and for its beans.{{cite journal |last1=Royo |first1=Marina Arias |last2=Tate |first2=Max |last3=Enneking |first3=Dirk |date=July 2006 |title=Narbon bean (Vicia narbonensis L.) farmer's dream or devil's bean? |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235351974 |journal=Grain Legumes |volume=47 |issue= |pages=18–19 |access-date=21 May 2021 }} It is the namesake of the Vicia narbonensis species complex.{{cite journal |title=Physical mapping of 18S-5.8S-26S and 5S ribosomal RNA gene families in three important vetches (Vicia species) and their allied taxa constituting three species complexes |year=2001 |last1=Raina |first1=S. N. |last2=Mukai |first2=Y. |last3=Kawaguchi |first3=K. |last4=Goel |first4=S. |last5=Jain |first5=A. |journal=Theoretical and Applied Genetics |volume=103 |issue=6–7 |pages=839–845 |doi=10.1007/s001220100706 |s2cid=22800295 }}