Vicia bakeri

Vicia bakeri Ali
Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Vicia sylvatica Benth., Vicia longidentata Z.D. Xia

Chinese: 野豌豆, 察隅野豌豆, 长齿野豌豆

Description: Annual herb, stem pilose. Leaf paripinnately compound, leaflets 14-23, opposite, subopposite to alternate, 7-25 mm long, 4-9 mm broad, oblong-lanceolate; mucronate, glabrous to subglabrous above, pilose below; stipules 7-15 mm long, divided; tendrils branched or unbranched. Inflorescence an axillary peduncled raceme, peduncle 5-15 cm long, pedicel 1.5-3.0 mm long. Calyx 7 mm long, upper teeth c. 1 mm, lateral c. 3 mm and lower tooth 4-5 mm long. Corolla pale-lilac. Vexillum c. 12 mm long. Fruit 40-42 mm long, 8-8.5 mm broad, glabrous; stipe 4-5 mm long.

Uses: Paste of leaves applied to treat cuts and wounds. Tender  fruits  cooked  as vegetable. (CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants)

Published articles of Vicia bakeri
1. Vicia sylvatica - Legummosae
By: Rix, Martyn
Curtis's Botanical Magazine  Volume: 23   Issue: Part 3   Pages: 218-222   Published: AUG 2006

2. Coastal ecotypic variants of two vetches, Vicia sepium L. and V. sylvatica L. (Fabaceae), in Britain and Ireland
By: Akeroyd, J. R.
Watsonia  Volume: 21   Issue: 1   Pages: 71-78   Published: 1996

3. STUDY ON FLAVONOID HETEROSIDES FROM VICIA-SYLVATICA AND VICIA-SEPIUM
By: TORCK, M; BEZANGER.L; PINKAS, M
PHYTOCHEMISTRY  Volume: 11   Issue: 10   Pages: 3065-&   Published: 1972

4. Izmenenie morfologicheskoi struktury goroshka lesnogo (Vicia sylvatica L) v zavisimosti ot mestoobitaniya Referat. Zhur., Biol., 1962, No. 23G518. (Translation)
Changes in the morphology of Vicia sylvatica L. in relation to the habitat Referat. Zhur., Biol., 1962, No. 23G518. (Translation)
By: RUSKOVA, V. M.
BYUL GL BOT SADA AKAD NAUK SSR  Volume: 45   Pages: 59-69   Published: 1962