''Vicia palaestina'', the Palestine vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family
. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region; Greece, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, the Levant, Sinai, and Iraq.
Carbonized remains of its seeds have been tentatively identified in
Mousterian Neanderthal deposits in
Kebara Cave
Kebara Cave ( he, מערת כבארה, Me'arat Kebbara, ar, مغارة الكبارة, Mugharat al-Kabara) is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, situated at above mean sea level, above sea level on the western escarpment of the Mount Car ...
, Mount Carmel, Israel. Unlike many species of vetch, its seeds are non-toxic, and are edible even when raw.
References
palaestina
Flora of Greece
Flora of the East Aegean Islands
Flora of Turkey
Flora of Cyprus
Flora of Lebanon
Flora of Syria
Flora of Palestine (region)
Flora of Sinai
Flora of Iraq
Plants described in 1849
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